netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 4/7] TAP: Abstract type of virtual interface from tap implementation

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:27:30 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sainath.grandhi@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, mahesh@...dewar.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 4/7] TAP: Abstract type of virtual interface from tap
 implementation

From: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@...el.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:03:03 -0800

> @@ -46,22 +51,52 @@ static struct cdev macvtap_cdev;
>  #define TUN_OFFLOADS (NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_TSO_ECN | NETIF_F_TSO | \
>  		      NETIF_F_TSO6 | NETIF_F_UFO)
>  
> +static void macvtap_count_tx_dropped(struct tap_dev *tap)
> +{
> +	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = (struct macvlan_dev *)container_of(tap, struct macvtap_dev, tap);
 ...
> +static void macvtap_count_rx_dropped(struct tap_dev *tap)
> +{
> +	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = (struct macvlan_dev *)container_of(tap, struct macvtap_dev, tap);
 ...
> +static void macvtap_update_features(struct tap_dev *tap,
> +				    netdev_features_t features)
> +{
> +	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = (struct macvlan_dev *)container_of(tap, struct macvtap_dev, tap);

These casts should be completely unnecessary, please remove them.