netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 06/13] net: dsa: realtek: use phy

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Date:   Thu, 30 Dec 2021 21:00:43 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Alvin Šipraga <alsi@...g-olufsen.dk>,
        Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 06/13] net: dsa: realtek: use phy_read in
 ds->ops

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 04:44:26PM -0300, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
> > >   static int realtek_smi_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int regnum)
> > >   {
> > > -     struct realtek_priv *priv = bus->priv;
> > > +     struct dsa_switch *ds = ((struct realtek_priv *)bus->priv)->ds;
> >
> > No need to cast a void pointer, this applies throughout the entire patch
> > series.
> > --
> Hi Florian,
> 
> Apologize for my poor C experience but I didn't understand your
> suggestion. Simply removing the cast will not work because bus->priv
> is void*

You can do 

     struct realtek_priv *priv = bus->priv;
     struct dsa_switch *ds = priv->ds;

This is more readable than what you suggested, and avoids the cast.

     Andrew