linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/7] intel: Remove casts of pointer to same type

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Message-ID: <1395692450.2899.1.camel@jtkirshe-mobl.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:20:50 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	Alex Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/7] intel: Remove casts of pointer to same type

On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 13:15 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Casting a pointer to a pointer of the same type is pointless,
> so remove these unnecessary casts.
> 
> Done via coccinelle script:
> 
> $ cat typecast_2.cocci
> @@
> type T;
> T *foo;
> @@
> 
> -       (T *)foo
> +       foo
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Thanks Jow, I will add this to my queue.

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