linux-kernel - [tip: x86/cleanups] x86/boot: Remove superfluous type casting from arch/x86/boot/bitops.h

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Date:   Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:42:04 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Li kunyu" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/cleanups] x86/boot: Remove superfluous type casting from
 arch/x86/boot/bitops.h

The following commit has been merged into the x86/cleanups branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     a50be38f617b11b451c0a432c574859419e69471
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/a50be38f617b11b451c0a432c574859419e69471
Author:        Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:23:58 +08:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 11:32:29 +02:00

x86/boot: Remove superfluous type casting from arch/x86/boot/bitops.h

'const void *' will auto-type-convert to just about any other const pointer type,
no need to force it.

[ mingo: Rewrote the changelog. ]

Signed-off-by: Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220725042358.3377-1-kunyu@nfschina.com
---
 arch/x86/boot/bitops.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/bitops.h b/arch/x86/boot/bitops.h
index 02e1dea..8518ae2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/bitops.h
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 
 static inline bool constant_test_bit(int nr, const void *addr)
 {
-	const u32 *p = (const u32 *)addr;
+	const u32 *p = addr;
 	return ((1UL << (nr & 31)) & (p[nr >> 5])) != 0;
 }
 static inline bool variable_test_bit(int nr, const void *addr)
 {
 	bool v;
-	const u32 *p = (const u32 *)addr;
+	const u32 *p = addr;
 
 	asm("btl %2,%1" CC_SET(c) : CC_OUT(c) (v) : "m" (*p), "Ir" (nr));
 	return v;