linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] altera: Remove casts of pointer to same type

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Message-ID: <CAOwfj2PYHm5Buj-4Z0yP1EMJ-hnVcrVX38spqaFQJYYZAu1RAg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:36:38 -0500
From:	Vince Bridgers <vbridgers2013@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	nios2-dev@...ts.rocketboards.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] altera: Remove casts of pointer to same type

Hi Joe, thanks for the patch.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> 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>
> ---

Acked-by: Vince Bridgers <vbridgers2013@...il.com>

All the best,

Vince
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