netdev - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Create ieee80211_if_process_skb from ieee80211_iface

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Date:   Fri, 05 May 2017 11:06:18 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Create ieee80211_if_process_skb from
 ieee80211_iface_work


> o Use explicit casts to proper types instead of casts to (void *)
>   and have the compiler do the implicit cast

I see no advantage in this, why? All it does is make the code longer,
and if anything changes, you have to change it in multiple places now.

johannes