[PATCH] staging: brcm80211: use correct pointer types in bcm_pktq_flush
Clemens Noss
cnoss at gmx.de
Sun May 15 13:50:46 PDT 2011
to clarify the intention:
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:54:26PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 05/15/2011 08:10 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
[...]
>> Why don't you use the correct pointer type here instead of casting then
>> around and the parameter names are meaningless too.
>>
>> static bool cb_del_ampdu_pkt(struct sk_buff *mpdu, struct
>> cb_del_ampdu_pars *ampdu_pars)
[...]
> Actually this is a generic callback mechanism in which an additional
> parameter can be passed, which can be of *any* type hence a void pointer
> seems justified here and a meaningless name is used. I do agree that the
> txi parameter will always be a struct sk_buff and should be indicated as
> such.
Reported-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
Signed-off-by: Clemens Noss <cnoss at gmx.de>
---
drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wlc_ampdu.c | 3 +--
drivers/staging/brcm80211/include/bcmutils.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wlc_ampdu.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wlc_ampdu.c
index 0d93bd6..b1bc1a6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wlc_ampdu.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wlc_ampdu.c
@@ -1225,9 +1225,8 @@ void wlc_ampdu_shm_upd(struct ampdu_info *ampdu)
/*
* callback function that helps flushing ampdu packets from a priority queue
*/
-static bool cb_del_ampdu_pkt(void *p, void *arg_a)
+static bool cb_del_ampdu_pkt(struct sk_buff *mpdu, void *arg_a)
{
- struct sk_buff *mpdu = (struct sk_buff *)p;
struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(mpdu);
struct cb_del_ampdu_pars *ampdu_pars =
(struct cb_del_ampdu_pars *)arg_a;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/include/bcmutils.h b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/include/bcmutils.h
index 1d57934..4dc190b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/include/bcmutils.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/include/bcmutils.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
#define PKTQ_PREC_ITER(pq, prec) for (prec = (pq)->num_prec - 1; prec >= 0; prec--)
/* fn(pkt, arg). return true if pkt belongs to if */
- typedef bool(*ifpkt_cb_t) (void *, void *);
+typedef bool(*ifpkt_cb_t) (struct sk_buff *, void *);
/* operations on a specific precedence in packet queue */
--
1.7.4.5
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