Re: [PATCH 14/16] GFS2: The DLM interface module

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On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 02:05:14PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> >+int gdlm_get_lock(lm_lockspace_t *lockspace, struct lm_lockname *name,
> >+		  lm_lock_t **lockp)
> >+{
> >+	struct gdlm_lock *lp;
> >+	int error;
> >+
> >+	error = gdlm_create_lp((struct gdlm_ls *) lockspace, name, &lp);
> >+
> >+	*lockp = (lm_lock_t *) lp;
> 
> This cast is alright in itself. Considering however that lm_lock_t is
> currently typedef'ed to void, it looks a little different. (One _could_
> get rid of it, but better not while it is called lm_lock_t. Leave as-is
> for now.)

Hi Jan,

I'm wondering what you might suggest instead of using the lm_lockspace_t,
lm_lock_t, lm_fsdata_t typedefs.  These are opaque objects passed between
gfs and the lock modules.  Could you give an example or point to some code
that shows what you're thinking?

Thanks,
Dave

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