On Wed, 2013-11-06 at 15:02 -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 09:19:23AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: [] > > __always_inline instead of inline > > static __always_inline void prefetch_lines(const void *addr, size_t len) > > { > > const void *end = addr + len; > > ... > > > > buff doesn't need a void * cast in prefetch_lines > > > Actually I take back what I said here, we do need the cast, not for a > conversion > from unsigned char * to void *, but rather to discard the const qualifier > without making the compiler complain.
Not if the function is changed to const void * and end is also const void * as shown. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/