Message-Id: <200411161518.iAGFIL604810@blake.inputplus.co.uk>
To: Pekka Enberg <penberg@gmail.com>
cc: Simon Braunschmidt <braunschmidt@corscience.de>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Request for inclusion] Filesystem in Userspace 
In-Reply-To: Message from Pekka Enberg <penberg@gmail.com> 
   of "Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:20:38 +0200." <84144f0204111603202f79f249@mail.gmail.com> 
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:18:20 +0000
From: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
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Hi,

Pekka Enberg wrote:
> No, that is obfuscation and has nothing to do with this. The cast I
> mentioned is _redudant_ because the common case is:
> 
>     struct foo * f = (struct foo *) priv; /* priv is void pointer */

These casts are also a problem when priv changes type;  the compiler is
being told to not complain.

Cheers,


Ralph.

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