linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/9] linux/unaligned/byteshift.h: Remove superfluous casts

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Date:   Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:06:52 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] linux/unaligned/byteshift.h: Remove superfluous casts

The C language supports casting a void pointer into a non-void pointer
implicitly. Remove explicit void pointer to non-void pointer casts because
these are superfluous.

Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
---
 include/linux/unaligned/be_byteshift.h | 6 +++---
 include/linux/unaligned/le_byteshift.h | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/unaligned/be_byteshift.h b/include/linux/unaligned/be_byteshift.h
index 8bdb8fa01bd4..c43ff5918c8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/unaligned/be_byteshift.h
+++ b/include/linux/unaligned/be_byteshift.h
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ static inline void __put_unaligned_be64(u64 val, u8 *p)
 
 static inline u16 get_unaligned_be16(const void *p)
 {
-	return __get_unaligned_be16((const u8 *)p);
+	return __get_unaligned_be16(p);
 }
 
 static inline u32 get_unaligned_be32(const void *p)
 {
-	return __get_unaligned_be32((const u8 *)p);
+	return __get_unaligned_be32(p);
 }
 
 static inline u64 get_unaligned_be64(const void *p)
 {
-	return __get_unaligned_be64((const u8 *)p);
+	return __get_unaligned_be64(p);
 }
 
 static inline void put_unaligned_be16(u16 val, void *p)
diff --git a/include/linux/unaligned/le_byteshift.h b/include/linux/unaligned/le_byteshift.h
index 1628b75866f0..2248dcb0df76 100644
--- a/include/linux/unaligned/le_byteshift.h
+++ b/include/linux/unaligned/le_byteshift.h
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ static inline void __put_unaligned_le64(u64 val, u8 *p)
 
 static inline u16 get_unaligned_le16(const void *p)
 {
-	return __get_unaligned_le16((const u8 *)p);
+	return __get_unaligned_le16(p);
 }
 
 static inline u32 get_unaligned_le32(const void *p)
 {
-	return __get_unaligned_le32((const u8 *)p);
+	return __get_unaligned_le32(p);
 }
 
 static inline u64 get_unaligned_le64(const void *p)
 {
-	return __get_unaligned_le64((const u8 *)p);
+	return __get_unaligned_le64(p);
 }
 
 static inline void put_unaligned_le16(u16 val, void *p)
-- 
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