netdev - Re: [PATCH] net:ethernet:freescale:dpaa2:Remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

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Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 11:16:52 +0300
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>, wuych <yunchuan@...china.com>
Cc: ioana.ciornei@....com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net:ethernet:freescale:dpaa2:Remove unnecessary (void*)
 conversions

On Sat, May 06, 2023 at 01:06:22PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Sat, May 06, 2023 at 05:44:28PM +0800, wuych wrote:
> > Pointer variables of void * type do not require type cast.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: wuych <yunchuan@...china.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this looks good, but a few things to improve:
> 
> * Did you miss the instance in  dpaa2_dbg_bp_show()
> * For networking patches, please set the target tree in the subject.
>   As this is not a fix it should be 'net-next' (if it was a fix it would be
>   'net')
>   [PATCH net-next v2] ...
> * As per the form letter below, -net-next is currently closed,
>   so please repost after May 8th.
> * I think the subject prefix should be dpaa2-eth:
>   [PATCH net-next v2] dpaa2: ...
> * I think the patch subject could be a bit clearer
>   [PATCH net-next v2] dpaa2: Remove unnecessary cast of void pointers

Plus, another thing to consider is to take seriously feedback for other
patches https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/19409d2b4222b3a5c6fc0cedbfa7844b6eb3440f.camel@redhat.com/

Thanks