linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ecryptfs: Drop cast

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:58:53 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>
Cc:	Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>, ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ecryptfs: Drop cast

On Fri, 2014-06-27 at 00:12 +0530, Himangi Saraogi wrote:
> This patch does away with casts on void * as they are unnecessary.
[]
> diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
[]
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static void unlock_dir(struct dentry *dir)
>  
>  static int ecryptfs_inode_test(struct inode *inode, void *lower_inode)
>  {
> -	if (ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode) == (struct inode *)lower_inode)
> +	if (ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode) == lower_inode)
>  		return 1;
>  	return 0;
>  }

True, but perhaps this should be

{
	return ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode) == lower_inode;
}



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