linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/17][trivial] staging, bcm: Remove unnecessary casts of void ptr returning alloc function return values

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1011100911430.28522@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:12:25 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17][trivial] staging, bcm: Remove unnecessary casts
 of void ptr returning alloc function return values

On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Greg KH wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 12:09:51AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The [vk][cmz]alloc(_node) family of functions return void pointers which
> > it's completely unnecessary/pointless to cast to other pointer types since
> > that happens implicitly.
> > 
> > This patch removes such casts from drivers/staging/bcm/
> > 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> > ---
> >  CmHost.c       |    2 +-
> >  InterfaceDld.c |   27 +++++++++++++--------------
> >  Misc.c         |   12 +++++-------
> >  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c b/drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c
> 
> This driver just got a major overhaul, and this patch doesn't apply
> anymore.
> 
> Care to redo it against the next linux-next tree?
> 

Sure thing. I'll see if I can find the time to do that tonight when I get 
home from work.

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