netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V2] drivers/net: Remove casts of void *

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:25:48 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Jay Cliburn <jcliburn@...il.com>,
	Chris Snook <chris.snook@...il.com>,
	Jie Yang <jie.yang@...eros.com>,
	Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>,
	Subbu Seetharaman <subbu.seetharaman@...lex.com>,
	Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@...lex.com>,
	Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>,
	Debashis Dutt <ddutt@...cade.com>,
	Sjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>,
	Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>,
	Breno Leitao <leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>,
	Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>, linux-driver@...gic.com,
	Anirban Chakraborty <anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com>,
	Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>,
	Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>,
	Steve Hodgson <shodgson@...arflare.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Daniele Venzano <venza@...wnhat.org>,
	David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2] drivers/net: Remove casts of void *

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 07:08, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> Unnecessary casts of void * clutter the code.
>
> These are the remainder casts after several specific
> patches to remove netdev_priv and dev_priv.
>
> Done via coccinelle script (and a little editing):
>
> $ cat cast_void_pointer.cocci
> @@
> type T;
> T *pt;
> void *pv;
> @@
>
> - pt = (T *)pv;
> + pt = pv;
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Acked-by: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>
> Acked-By: Chris Snook <chris.snook@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
>
> ---
>
> v2: Update to Geert's request

[For a2065]
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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