linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pmcraid : Remove unwanted cast for void * pointers

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Date:	Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:00:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Anil Ravindranath <anil_ravindranath@...-sierra.com>
To:	Cyril Jayaprakash <cyril.jayaprakash@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	martin.petersen@...cle.com, vasu.dev@...el.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, James.Bottomley@...e.de,
	anil_ravindranath@...-sierra.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pmcraid : Remove unwanted cast for void * pointers


Signed-off-by: Anil Ravindranath <anil_ravindranath@...-sierra.com>

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Cyril Jayaprakash wrote:

> From: Cyril Jayaprakash <cyril.jayaprakash@...il.com>
> 
> Patch to remove unwanted cast for void * pointers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cyril Jayaprakash <cyril.jayaprakash@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c |    7 +++----
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
> index c44e4ab..bd0b5a0 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
> @@ -3324,8 +3324,7 @@ static int pmcraid_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
>   */
>  static int pmcraid_chr_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
>  {
> -	struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance =
> -		((struct pmcraid_instance *)filep->private_data);
> +	struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance = filep->private_data;
>  
>  	filep->private_data = NULL;
>  	fasync_helper(-1, filep, 0, &pinstance->aen_queue);
> @@ -3344,7 +3343,7 @@ static int pmcraid_chr_fasync(int fd, struct file *filep, int mode)
>  	struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance;
>  	int rc;
>  
> -	pinstance = (struct pmcraid_instance *)filep->private_data;
> +	pinstance = filep->private_data;
>  	mutex_lock(&pinstance->aen_queue_lock);
>  	rc = fasync_helper(fd, filep, mode, &pinstance->aen_queue);
>  	mutex_unlock(&pinstance->aen_queue_lock);
> @@ -3795,7 +3794,7 @@ static long pmcraid_chr_ioctl(
>  		return retval;
>  	}
>  
> -	pinstance = (struct pmcraid_instance *)filep->private_data;
> +	pinstance = filep->private_data;
>  
>  	if (!pinstance) {
>  		pmcraid_info("adapter instance is not found\n");
> -- 
> 1.7.0.4
> 
> 
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