+ fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-change-parameters-of-the-write-function-to-u8.patch added to -mm tree

+ fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-change-parameters-of-the-write-function-to-u8.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: fb: hx8357: Change parameters of the write function to u8
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-change-parameters-of-the-write-function-to-u8.patch

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From: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
Subject: fb: hx8357: Change parameters of the write function to u8

Moving from void* to u8* removes the need for castslater on in the
function.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@samsung.com>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Cc: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/video/backlight/hx8357.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/video/backlight/hx8357.c~fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-change-parameters-of-the-write-function-to-u8 drivers/video/backlight/hx8357.c
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/hx8357.c~fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-change-parameters-of-the-write-function-to-u8
+++ a/drivers/video/backlight/hx8357.c
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ struct hx8357_data {
 };
 
 static int hx8357_spi_write_then_read(struct lcd_device *lcdev,
-				void *txbuf, u16 txlen,
-				void *rxbuf, u16 rxlen)
+				u8 *txbuf, u16 txlen,
+				u8 *rxbuf, u16 rxlen)
 {
 	struct hx8357_data *lcd = lcd_get_data(lcdev);
 	struct spi_message msg;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int hx8357_spi_write_then_read(st
 		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < txlen; i++) {
-			local_txbuf[i] = ((u8 *)txbuf)[i];
+			local_txbuf[i] = txbuf[i];
 			if (i > 0)
 				local_txbuf[i] |= 1 << 8;
 		}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com are

linux-next.patch
fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller.patch
fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-change-parameters-of-the-write-function-to-u8.patch
fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-fix-inverted-parameters-for-kcalloc.patch
fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-remove-useless-error-message.patch
fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-remove-trailing-period.patch
fb-backlight-add-the-himax-hx-8357b-lcd-controller-use-static-arrays-for-lcd-configuration.patch