netdev - [PATCH mlx5-next 01/15] net/mlx5: Use void pointer as the type in address

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Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:55:32 -0800
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        Bodong Wang <bodong@...lanox.com>,
        Eli Cohen <eli@...lanox.com>,
        Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        Daniel Jurgens <danielj@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH mlx5-next 01/15] net/mlx5: Use void pointer as the type in address_of macro

From: Bodong Wang <bodong@...lanox.com>

Better to use void * and avoid unnecessary casts.

This patch doesn't change any functionality.

Signed-off-by: Bodong Wang <bodong@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen <eli@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
---
 include/linux/mlx5/device.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/device.h b/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
index 0845a227a7b2..46223efa1877 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 #define MLX5_UN_SZ_BYTES(typ) (sizeof(union mlx5_ifc_##typ##_bits) / 8)
 #define MLX5_UN_SZ_DW(typ) (sizeof(union mlx5_ifc_##typ##_bits) / 32)
 #define MLX5_BYTE_OFF(typ, fld) (__mlx5_bit_off(typ, fld) / 8)
-#define MLX5_ADDR_OF(typ, p, fld) ((char *)(p) + MLX5_BYTE_OFF(typ, fld))
+#define MLX5_ADDR_OF(typ, p, fld) ((void *)((uint8_t *)(p) + MLX5_BYTE_OFF(typ, fld)))
 
 /* insert a value to a struct */
 #define MLX5_SET(typ, p, fld, v) do { \
-- 
2.20.1