linux-kernel - [PATCH] tools: Strong conversion of void type pointer could be removed

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:56:54 +0800
From:   Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
To:     shuah@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tools: Strong conversion of void type pointer could be removed

The void pointer argument does not require a cast assignment because it
is the address passed.

Signed-off-by: Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c      | 2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
index 8c780cce941d..5d99261317e1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void clearhandler(int sig)
 
 static void sigsegv(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ctx_void)
 {
-	ucontext_t *ctx = (ucontext_t*)ctx_void;
+	ucontext_t *ctx = ctx_void;
 
 	if (!want_segv) {
 		clearhandler(SIGSEGV);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
index 5b45e6986aea..2416941a0952 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static volatile unsigned long segv_err;
 
 static void sigsegv(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ctx_void)
 {
-	ucontext_t *ctx = (ucontext_t *)ctx_void;
+	ucontext_t *ctx = ctx_void;
 
 	segv_err =  ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_ERR];
 	siglongjmp(jmpbuf, 1);
-- 
2.18.2