staging/mei: normalize prototypes of all read buffers

1. convert all read buffers to unsigned char and drop useless castings
2. simplify mei_read_slots implementation
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

drivers/staging/mei/interface.c

@@ -215,26 +215,17 @@ int mei_count_full_read_slots(struct mei_device *dev)
  * @buffer: message buffer will be written
  * @buffer_length: message size will be read
  */
-void mei_read_slots(struct mei_device *dev,
-		    unsigned char *buffer, unsigned long buffer_length)
+void mei_read_slots(struct mei_device *dev, unsigned char *buffer,
+		    unsigned long buffer_length)
 {
-	u32 i = 0;
-	unsigned char temp_buf[sizeof(u32)];
+	u32 *reg_buf = (u32 *)buffer;
 
-	while (buffer_length >= sizeof(u32)) {
-		((u32 *) buffer)[i] = mei_mecbrw_read(dev);
-
-		dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev,
-				"buffer[%d]= %d\n",
-				i, ((u32 *) buffer)[i]);
-
-		i++;
-		buffer_length -= sizeof(u32);
-	}
+	for (; buffer_length >= sizeof(u32); buffer_length -= sizeof(u32))
+		*reg_buf++ = mei_mecbrw_read(dev);
 
 	if (buffer_length > 0) {
-		*((u32 *) &temp_buf) = mei_mecbrw_read(dev);
-		memcpy(&buffer[i * 4], temp_buf, buffer_length);
+		u32 reg = mei_mecbrw_read(dev);
+		memcpy(reg_buf, &reg, buffer_length);
 	}
 
 	dev->host_hw_state |= H_IG;

drivers/staging/mei/interface.h

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 
 
 void mei_read_slots(struct mei_device *dev,
-		     unsigned char *buffer, unsigned long buffer_length);
+		     unsigned char *buffer,
+		     unsigned long buffer_length);
 
 int mei_write_message(struct mei_device *dev,
 			     struct mei_msg_hdr *header,

drivers/staging/mei/interrupt.c

@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ static int mei_irq_thread_read_amthi_message(struct mei_io_list *complete_list,
 	BUG_ON(mei_hdr->me_addr != dev->iamthif_cl.me_client_id);
 	BUG_ON(dev->iamthif_state != MEI_IAMTHIF_READING);
 
-	buffer = (unsigned char *) (dev->iamthif_msg_buf +
-			dev->iamthif_msg_buf_index);
+	buffer = dev->iamthif_msg_buf + dev->iamthif_msg_buf_index;
 	BUG_ON(dev->iamthif_mtu < dev->iamthif_msg_buf_index + mei_hdr->length);
 
 	mei_read_slots(dev, buffer, mei_hdr->length);
@@ -206,9 +205,7 @@ static int mei_irq_thread_read_client_message(struct mei_io_list *complete_list,
 		cl = (struct mei_cl *)cb_pos->file_private;
 		if (cl && _mei_irq_thread_state_ok(cl, mei_hdr)) {
 			cl->reading_state = MEI_READING;
-			buffer = (unsigned char *)
-				(cb_pos->response_buffer.data +
-				cb_pos->information);
+			buffer = cb_pos->response_buffer.data + cb_pos->information;
 
 			if (cb_pos->response_buffer.size <
 					mei_hdr->length + cb_pos->information) {
@@ -247,8 +244,7 @@ static int mei_irq_thread_read_client_message(struct mei_io_list *complete_list,
 quit:
 	dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "message read\n");
 	if (!buffer) {
-		mei_read_slots(dev, (unsigned char *) dev->rd_msg_buf,
-						mei_hdr->length);
+		mei_read_slots(dev, dev->rd_msg_buf, mei_hdr->length);
 		dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "discarding message, header =%08x.\n",
 				*(u32 *) dev->rd_msg_buf);
 	}
@@ -632,13 +628,11 @@ static void mei_irq_thread_read_bus_message(struct mei_device *dev,
 	struct hbm_host_stop_request *host_stop_req;
 	int res;
 
-	unsigned char *buffer;
 
 	/* read the message to our buffer */
-	buffer = (unsigned char *) dev->rd_msg_buf;
 	BUG_ON(mei_hdr->length >= sizeof(dev->rd_msg_buf));
-	mei_read_slots(dev, buffer, mei_hdr->length);
-	mei_msg = (struct mei_bus_message *) buffer;
+	mei_read_slots(dev, dev->rd_msg_buf, mei_hdr->length);
+	mei_msg = (struct mei_bus_message *)dev->rd_msg_buf;
 
 	switch (*(u8 *) mei_msg) {
 	case HOST_START_RES_CMD:

drivers/staging/mei/mei_dev.h

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #define MEI_WD_PARAMS_SIZE             4
 #define MEI_WD_STATE_INDEPENDENCE_MSG_SENT       (1 << 0)
 
+#define MEI_RD_MSG_BUF_SIZE           (128 * sizeof(u32))
+
 /*
  * MEI PCI Device object
  */
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ enum mei_cb_major_types {
  */
 struct mei_message_data {
 	u32 size;
-	char *data;
+	unsigned char *data;
 } __packed;
 
 
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ struct mei_device {
 	bool need_reset;
 
 	u32 extra_write_index;
-	u32 rd_msg_buf[128];	/* used for control messages */
+	unsigned char rd_msg_buf[MEI_RD_MSG_BUF_SIZE];	/* control messages */
 	u32 wr_msg_buf[128];	/* used for control messages */
 	u32 ext_msg_buf[8];	/* for control responses */
 	u32 rd_msg_hdr;