netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 07/12] net: stmmac: Remove some unnecessary void pointers

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Date:   Sat, 1 Apr 2023 16:49:30 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 07/12] net: stmmac: Remove some unnecessary
 void pointers

On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 04:45:44PM -0500, Andrew Halaney wrote:
> There's a few spots in the hardware interface where a void pointer is
> used, but what's passed in and later cast out is always the same type.
> 
> Just use the proper type directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes since v2:
>     * New patch. In later patches refactoring hwif.h I touched these in
>       their first form (which was later dropped) and changed this as
>       part of that. But I thought the change was still good overall,
>       so I left this improvement in the series.

FWIIW, I am very pleased to see this kind of change.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>