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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...>
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks
Date: Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 5:46 am

Hi all,

   Converting to and from void * for callback functions loses type safety: 
everywhere else we expect the compiler to catch incorrect pointer types 
handed to functions.

   It's pretty simple to create typesafe callback functions using typeof, and 
with a little gcc trickery we can allow both old-style and typesafe callbacks 
to avoid churn on commonly-used routines.

Feedback welcomed,
Rusty.
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[PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 5:46 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Tejun Heo, (Sun Jan 20, 8:56 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Tejun Heo, (Sun Jan 20, 9:00 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 6:17 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Rusty Russell, (Mon Jan 21, 7:33 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Tejun Heo, (Mon Jan 21, 8:38 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Rusty Russell, (Mon Jan 21, 7:27 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Andi Kleen, (Tue Jan 22, 12:20 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Linus Torvalds, (Mon Jan 21, 7:57 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Rusty Russell, (Tue Jan 22, 3:16 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] RFC: Typesafe callbacks, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Jan 22, 11:53 am)
[PATCH 1/6] typesafe: Convert stop_machine and callers, Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 5:47 am)
[PATCH 2/6] typesafe: kthread_create and kthread_run, Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 5:48 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/6] typesafe: kthread_create and kthread_run, Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Jan 20, 7:25 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/6] typesafe: kthread_create and kthread_run, Bert Wesarg, (Sun Jan 20, 8:07 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/6] typesafe: kthread_create and kthread_run, Johannes Weiner, (Sun Jan 20, 12:24 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/6] typesafe: kthread_create and kthread_run, Bert Wesarg, (Sun Jan 20, 12:43 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/6] typesafe: kthread_create and kthread_run, Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 6:04 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/6] typesafe: kthread_create and kthread_run, Bert Wesarg, (Mon Jan 21, 3:56 am)
[PATCH 3/6] typesafe: convert kthread users, Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 5:50 am)
[PATCH 4/6] typesafe: cast_if_type to allow macros functions..., Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 5:51 am)
[PATCH 5/6] typesafe: request_irq and devm_request_irq, Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 5:54 am)
[PATCH 6/6] typesafe: timers, Rusty Russell, (Sun Jan 20, 5:57 am)