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SubjectRe: small IDE cleanup: void * should not be used unless neccessary
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
>
> > > > > This is really easy, please apply. (It will allow me to kill few casts
> > > > > in future).
> > > > > Pavel
> > > > >
> > > > > --- linux/include/linux/ide.h Mon Feb 11 21:15:04 2002
> > > > > +++ linux-dm/include/linux/ide.h Mon Feb 11 22:36:12 2002
> > > > > @@ -529,7 +531,7 @@
> > > > >
> > > > > typedef struct hwif_s {
> > > > > struct hwif_s *next; /* for linked-list in ide_hwgroup_t */
> > > > > - void *hwgroup; /* actually (ide_hwgroup_t *) */
> > > > > + struct hwgroup_s *hwgroup; /* actually (ide_hwgroup_t *) */
> > > > > ide_ioreg_t io_ports[IDE_NR_PORTS]; /* task file registers */
> > > > > hw_regs_t hw; /* Hardware info */
> > > > > ide_drive_t drives[MAX_DRIVES]; /* drive info */
> > > >
> > > > Now I'm confused about the comment on the end of the line.
> > > >
> > > > Should the comment be changed, or should the type be ide_hwgroup_t
> > > > instead of struct hwgroup_s?
> > >
> > > struct hwgroup_s == ide_hwgroup_t. That's infection by hungarian
> > > notation, and yes it would be nice to clean it up. For now, I'm
> > > killing worst stuff.
> > > Pavel
> >
> > I know they're functionally equivalent, but so was the original void
> > *. :)
>
> Well, void * hides real errors.
>
> > Just an "as long as you're touching this line anyway, why leave the old
> > comment?" thing. A minor, in-passing nit at best...
>
> ide_hwgroup_t is used in 90% of rest of code, so I thought I better
> leave it there.

So what do we do with the other 10% break it? Sheesh :-/


Andre Hedrick
Linux Disk Certification Project Linux ATA Development

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