xfs: use void pointers in log validation helpers

Compared to char pointers this saves us a lot of casting effort.  Also
add another local variable to make the code easier to read.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>