[PATCH v2 07/14] of/reconfig: Always use the same structure for notifiers

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Mon, 2014-11-24 at 22:33 +0000, Grant Likely wrote:
> The OF_RECONFIG notifier callback uses a different structure depending
> on whether it is a node change or a property change. This is silly, and
> not very safe. Rework the code to use the same data structure regardless
> of the type of notifier.

I fell pretty good about this one except...

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
> index b9d1dfdbe5bb..9fe6002c1d5a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
> @@ -1711,12 +1711,11 @@ static void stage_topology_update(int core_id)
>  static int dt_update_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  				unsigned long action, void *data)
>  {
> -	struct of_prop_reconfig *update;
> +	struct of_reconfig_data *update = data;
>  	int rc = NOTIFY_DONE;
>  
>  	switch (action) {
>  	case OF_RECONFIG_UPDATE_PROPERTY:
> -		update = (struct of_prop_reconfig *)data;

Should we assert/bug on !update->dn / update->prop ?

(Same for the rest of the patch)

Or do you reckon it's pointless ?

Ben.