linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary cast

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Message-ID: <CAA=Fs0mU0bkXPY35fkuudoWfAps2jp1qc3ga53LXgg6d+0bVSg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 18:27:03 +0100
From:   Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
To:     Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary cast

On Sat, 21 Aug 2021 at 17:49, Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx> wrote:
>
> name is a const char * by default. This type should be ok for r8188eu.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> index e002070f7fba..72556ac10d7d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct rtw_usb_drv {
>  };
>
>  static struct rtw_usb_drv rtl8188e_usb_drv = {
> -       .usbdrv.name = (char *)"r8188eu",
> +       .usbdrv.name = "r8188eu",
>         .usbdrv.probe = rtw_drv_init,
>         .usbdrv.disconnect = rtw_dev_remove,
>         .usbdrv.id_table = rtw_usb_id_tbl,
> --
> 2.20.1
>

Looks ok to me, thanks. I would consider using a cover letter style
[PATCH 00/10] style approach as an addition in future though, just my
personal opinion.

Acked-by: Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>

Regards,
Phil