linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 wireless-next 2/9] carl9170: remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

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Message-ID: <c5611be9-ef4d-4e49-84de-7ce893e3c73c@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:23:26 +0200
From:   Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...il.com>
To:     Linux Wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Wu Yunchuan <yunchuan@...china.com>,
        Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 wireless-next 2/9] carl9170: remove unnecessary (void*)
 conversions

On 9/29/23 08:49, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:43:03AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> I don't know anything which would warn about this.  Generally, in the
>> kernel we try to avoid casts but perhaps there was a static checker
>> which likes casts?
>>
>> If removing these sorts of casts were an issue we would have known by
>> now.
> 
> Thinking about it more, if this caused a static checker warning then
> probably every kmalloc() would need a cast.

Oh, we do have our fair share of static checker noise in:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ (this is where carl9170 is located)!

I would like to take the chance to again point to this beauty:
<https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/TYAP286MB03154F9AAFD4C35BEEDE4A99BC4CA@TYAP286MB0315.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/T/#mf1b8919a000fe661803c17073f48b3c410888541>
@Dan, @Jeff can you please comment on that too?

As for this patch: If Wu ran some compiles with
what GCC version he has available and nothing turned up:

Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...il.com>

Regards,
Christian