linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] Staging: unisys: Remove useless cast on void pointer

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:30:35 +0530
From:	Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@...il.com>
To:	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@...sys.com>,
	Johnny Kim <johnny.kim@...el.com>,
	Rachel Kim <rachel.kim@...el.com>, HPDD-discuss@...ts.01.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Staging: unisys: Remove useless cast on void pointer

void pointers do not need to be cast to other pointer types.

The semantic patch used to find this:

@r@
expression x;
void* e;
type T;
identifier f;
@@
(
  *((T *)e)
|
  ((T *)x)[...]
|
  ((T *)x)->f
|
- (T *)
  e
)

Signed-off-by: Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
index 403c13b..db4282f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ unregister_driver_attributes(struct visor_driver *drv)
 static void
 dev_periodic_work(void *xdev)
 {
-	struct visor_device *dev = (struct visor_device *)xdev;
+	struct visor_device *dev = xdev;
 	struct visor_driver *drv = to_visor_driver(dev->device.driver);
 
 	down(&dev->visordriver_callback_lock);
-- 
2.1.0

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