Re: [PATCH 19/24] sh: use __iomem pointers for MMIO

[Paul Mundt]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:34:47PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> ARM is moving to stricter checks on readl/write functions,
> so we need to use the correct types everywhere.
> 
> I'm not completely sure about this patch, and it will
> probably require some arch/sh changes to go along with it,
> but it's clear that something has to be done to avoid
> getting hundreds of new warnings on each shmobile build
> in v3.7.
> Please see this as a prototype.
> 
I have no intention of making this change for arch/sh.

The __raw variants already accept both __iomem pointers and integer
addresses, which was largely intentional. New code could use the __iomem
annotations while older code could continue to use the integer addresses
without issue. If you wish to go through the kernel and audit every
single __raw user, you're certainly welcome to, but until then such a
change is premature.
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