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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 06/22] pinctrl: core: Make pins const in struct group_desc
On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 12:21:45PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:04 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > It's unclear why it's not a const from day 1. Make the pins member
> > const in struct group_desc. Update necessary APIs.

...

> > int pinctrl_generic_add_group(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
> > - int *gpins, int ngpins, void *data);
> > + const int *pins, int num_pins, void *data);
> >
> > int pinctrl_generic_remove_group(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
> > unsigned int group_selector);
>
> Probably this is also the right moment to change all of these to arrays
> of unsigned ints? Else you will have mixed int/unsigned int after
> "[PATCH v3 13/22] pinctrl: core: Embed struct pingroup into struct
> group_desc", and purely unsigned int after "[PATCH v3 22/22] pinctrl:
> core: Remove unused members from struct group_desc".

Hmm... Can it be done later?

I can, of course try to change the parameter here to be unsigned, but it most
likely fail the build for those drivers means need more patches, more delay to
this series.

Linus?

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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