netdev - Re: [PATCH] atlantic: Remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

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Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 17:34:31 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: wuych <yunchuan@...china.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, irusskikh@...vell.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atlantic: Remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 06:02:53PM +0800, wuych wrote:
> Pointer variables of void * type do not require type cast.
> 
> Signed-off-by: wuych <yunchuan@...china.com>

...

> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int hw_atl2_hw_init_tx_path(struct aq_hw_s *self)
>  
>  static void hw_atl2_hw_init_new_rx_filters(struct aq_hw_s *self)
>  {
> -	struct hw_atl2_priv *priv = (struct hw_atl2_priv *)self->priv;
> +	struct hw_atl2_priv *priv = self->priv;
>  	u8 *prio_tc_map = self->aq_nic_cfg->prio_tc_map;
>  	u16 action;
>  	u8 index;

While you are here, and seeing as you need to repost this for net-next
anyway: could you adjust the order of the lines above to observe reverse
xmas tree - longest line to shortest - for local variable declarations
in networking code?

...

> @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int hw_atl2_hw_init(struct aq_hw_s *self, const u8 *mac_addr)
>  		[AQ_HW_IRQ_MSIX]    = { 0x20000022U, 0x20000026U },
>  	};
>  
> -	struct hw_atl2_priv *priv = (struct hw_atl2_priv *)self->priv;
> +	struct hw_atl2_priv *priv = self->priv;
>  	struct aq_nic_cfg_s *aq_nic_cfg = self->aq_nic_cfg;
>  	u8 base_index, count;
>  	int err;

Ditto.

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