Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: vt6655: update out-of-date function declaration

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 10:19:31PM -0400, James A Shackleford wrote:
> The function iwctl_siwscan() is defined in iwctl.c as:
> int iwctl_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
> 		  struct iw_request_info *info,
> 		  struct iw_point *wrq,
> 		  char *extra)
> {
>   ...
> 
> This patch updates iwctl.h so that the type of the 3rd parameter (*wqr) in the
> function declaration matches the definition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James A Shackleford <shack@linux.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.h |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.h b/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.h
> index 871bd7c..4ad5e48 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.h
> @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ int iwctl_giwscan(struct net_device *dev,
>  
>  int iwctl_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
>  		  struct iw_request_info *info,
> -		  struct iw_param *wrq,
> +		  struct iw_point *wrq,
>  		  char *extra);
>  

Why isn't the compiler catching this issue?  Should something include
this .h file?

thanks,

greg k-h