linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] staging: rtl8712: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

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Date:   Fri,  3 Mar 2017 02:49:04 +0530
From:   simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
To:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Cc:     florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        oleg.drokin@...el.com, marvin24@....de,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] staging: rtl8712: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

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Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
index 20fe45a..4367c68 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ void r8712_rxcmd_event_hdl(struct _adapter *padapter, void *prxcmdbuf)
 	u16 cmd_len, drvinfo_sz;
 	struct recv_stat *prxstat;
 
-	poffset = (u8 *)prxcmdbuf;
+	poffset = prxcmdbuf;
 	voffset = *(__le32 *)poffset;
-	prxstat = (struct recv_stat *)prxcmdbuf;
+	prxstat = prxcmdbuf;
 	drvinfo_sz = (le32_to_cpu(prxstat->rxdw0) & 0x000f0000) >> 16;
 	drvinfo_sz <<= 3;
 	poffset += RXDESC_SIZE + drvinfo_sz;
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ void r8712_reordering_ctrl_timeout_handler(void *pcontext)
 {
 	unsigned long irql;
 	struct recv_reorder_ctrl *preorder_ctrl =
-				 (struct recv_reorder_ctrl *)pcontext;
+				 pcontext;
 	struct _adapter *padapter = preorder_ctrl->padapter;
 	struct  __queue *ppending_recvframe_queue =
 				 &preorder_ctrl->pending_recvframe_queue;
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ int recv_func(struct _adapter *padapter, void *pcontext)
 	struct  __queue *pfree_recv_queue = &padapter->recvpriv.free_recv_queue;
 	struct	mlme_priv	*pmlmepriv = &padapter->mlmepriv;
 
-	prframe = (union recv_frame *)pcontext;
+	prframe = pcontext;
 	orig_prframe = prframe;
 	pattrib = &prframe->u.hdr.attrib;
 	if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, WIFI_MP_STATE)) {
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static int recvbuf2recvframe(struct _adapter *padapter, struct sk_buff *pskb)
 static void recv_tasklet(void *priv)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *pskb;
-	struct _adapter *padapter = (struct _adapter *)priv;
+	struct _adapter *padapter = priv;
 	struct recv_priv *precvpriv = &padapter->recvpriv;
 
 	while (NULL != (pskb = skb_dequeue(&precvpriv->rx_skb_queue))) {
-- 
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