linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] staging: rtl8723bs: rtw

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Message-ID: <2026021059-overflow-quilt-e0a3@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:00:28 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@...il.com>
Cc: Siwanan Bungtong <horstaufmental@...il.com>,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_ap: remove unnecessary void
 * casts

On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 08:37:08PM -0600, Ethan Tidmore wrote:
> On Mon Feb 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM CST, Siwanan Bungtong wrote:
> > Remove redundant (void *) casts when calling memcpy/memset and
> > other helpers. These casts are unnecessary since C implicitly
> > converts to void * and they only add noise.
> >
> > No functional change.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Siwanan Bungtong <horstaufmental@...il.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You don't have to write the file name in your subject line, "staging:
> rtl8723bs: ..." is preferred. Please resend this patch series with the
> correct formatting.

No, for this type of series, the filename makes sense.  The subjects
would not be unique otherwise.

So the subjects are fine here.

thanks,

greg k-h