linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 2/5] staging: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

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Message-Id: <1488641453-22575-3-git-send-email-singhalsimran0@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat,  4 Mar 2017 21:00:50 +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 v5 2/5] staging: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

The following Coccinelle script was used to detect this:
@r@
expression x;
void* e;
type T;
identifier f;
@@
(
  *((T *)e)
|
  ((T *)x)[...]
|
  ((T*)x)->f
|
- (T*)
  e
)

Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
index 271e189..09b46924 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static int lmv_fid2path(struct obd_export *exp, int len, void *karg,
 	int			remote_gf_size = 0;
 	int			rc;
 
-	gf = (struct getinfo_fid2path *)karg;
+	gf = karg;
 	tgt = lmv_find_target(lmv, &gf->gf_fid);
 	if (IS_ERR(tgt))
 		return PTR_ERR(tgt);
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static int lmv_fid2path(struct obd_export *exp, int len, void *karg,
 		struct getinfo_fid2path *ori_gf;
 		char *ptr;
 
-		ori_gf = (struct getinfo_fid2path *)karg;
+		ori_gf = karg;
 		if (strlen(ori_gf->gf_path) +
 		    strlen(gf->gf_path) > ori_gf->gf_pathlen) {
 			rc = -EOVERFLOW;
-- 
2.7.4