linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary casting

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Date:   Sun, 6 Nov 2022 23:27:12 +0530
From:   Deepak R Varma <drv@...lo.com>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary casting

The dhcpMessage struct member variable "cookie" is already declared
to be of type __be32. There is no need to cast it again as __be32.

Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@...lo.com>
---

Changes in v2:
   1. Change associated with variable cookie separated into this patch.
      Feedback from gregkh@...uxfoundation.org.

 drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
index 4deaa7e352a3..a7c67014dde0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ void dhcp_flag_bcast(struct adapter *priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				if ((udph->source == htons(CLIENT_PORT)) &&
 				    (udph->dest == htons(SERVER_PORT))) { /*  DHCP request */
 					struct dhcpMessage *dhcph = (void *)udph + sizeof(struct udphdr);
-					u32 cookie = be32_to_cpu((__be32)dhcph->cookie);
+					u32 cookie = be32_to_cpu(dhcph->cookie);

 					if (cookie == DHCP_MAGIC) { /*  match magic word */
 						if (!(dhcph->flags & htons(BROADCAST_FLAG))) {
--
2.34.1