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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 2/2] auxdisplay: charlcd: Provide a forward declaration
Hi Andy,

On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 6:15 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> While there is no compilation error, strictly speaking compiler
> should know about used types beforehand. Provide a forward decoration

declaration

> for struct charlcd_ops before using it in struct charlcd.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

> --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.h
> +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.h
> @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ enum charlcd_lines {
> CHARLCD_LINES_2,
> };
>
> +struct charlcd_ops;
> +
> struct charlcd {
> const struct charlcd_ops *ops;

No forward declaration is needed at this point, as ops is a _pointer_ to
the structure.

> const unsigned char *char_conv; /* Optional */

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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