[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 10/21] fs: Convert fs_read/write to take buffer instead of address

[Simon Glass]

kOn 18 June 2018 at 09:23, Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de> wrote:
> The fs_read() and fs_write() functions are internal interfaces that
> naturally want to get pointers as arguments. Most users so far even
> have pointers and explicitly cast them into integers just to be able
> to pass them into the function.
>
> Convert them over to instead take a pointer argument for the buffer.
> That way any sandbox mapping gets greatly simplified and users of
> the API intuitively know what to do.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de>
> ---
>  board/BuR/common/common.c             |  2 +-
>  board/gdsys/p1022/controlcenterd-id.c | 10 +++++-----
>  cmd/mvebu/bubt.c                      |  4 ++--
>  common/splash_source.c                |  4 +++-
>  drivers/bootcount/bootcount_ext.c     | 12 ++++++------
>  drivers/fpga/zynqpl.c                 |  8 +++++---
>  fs/fs.c                               | 20 ++++++++++----------
>  include/fs.h                          | 12 ++++++------
>  lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c             |  6 ++----
>  9 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

As mentioned before, we should not change this API. There is no need -
U-Boot uses addresses, and this just expands the scope of the sandbox
private address.

Regards,
Simon