linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/9] staging: axis-fifo: Remove unnecessary casts from file->private

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Message-ID: <20251227212640.3321310-5-ovidiu.panait.oss@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:26:36 +0200
From: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait.oss@...il.com>
To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] staging: axis-fifo: Remove unnecessary casts from file->private_data

Drop explicit casts when accessing file->private_data in the read() and
write() paths, as they are not needed.

Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait.oss@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c b/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c
index 4071060419ba..bf610e71253e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void reset_ip_core(struct axis_fifo *fifo)
 static ssize_t axis_fifo_read(struct file *f, char __user *buf,
 			      size_t len, loff_t *off)
 {
-	struct axis_fifo *fifo = (struct axis_fifo *)f->private_data;
+	struct axis_fifo *fifo = f->private_data;
 	size_t bytes_available;
 	unsigned int words_available;
 	unsigned int copied;
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static ssize_t axis_fifo_read(struct file *f, char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t axis_fifo_write(struct file *f, const char __user *buf,
 			       size_t len, loff_t *off)
 {
-	struct axis_fifo *fifo = (struct axis_fifo *)f->private_data;
+	struct axis_fifo *fifo = f->private_data;
 	unsigned int words_to_write;
 	u32 *txbuf;
 	int ret;
-- 
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