linux-kernel - [PATCH] kconfig: remove unnecessary cast in sym_get

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Message-ID: <20250207184251.497856-1-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date: Sat,  8 Feb 2025 03:42:48 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] kconfig: remove unnecessary cast in sym_get_string()

The explicit casting from (char *) to (const char *) is unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 scripts/kconfig/symbol.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 7beb59dec5a0..d57f8cbba291 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ const char *sym_get_string_value(struct symbol *sym)
 	default:
 		;
 	}
-	return (const char *)sym->curr.val;
+	return sym->curr.val;
 }
 
 bool sym_is_changeable(const struct symbol *sym)
-- 
2.43.0