netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] NET: Multiqueue network device support.

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Message-Id: <E1HbaOV-0004rc-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:49:43 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com (Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P)
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com, cramerj@...el.com,
	auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, christopher.leech@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] NET: Multiqueue network device support.

Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com> wrote:
> 
> True, but the assignment for "dev" above also casts this void * to
> struct net_device *:
> 
>        dev = (struct net_device *)
>                (((long)p + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST);
>        dev->padded = (char *)dev - (char *)p;
> 
> Shall I remove my cast?

This is totally different as it's casting a "long", not a "void *".

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