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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:25:48 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2] drivers/net: Remove casts of void *
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>,
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 07:08, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> Unnecessary casts of void * clutter the code.
>
> These are the remainder casts after several specific
> patches to remove netdev_priv and dev_priv.
>
> Done via coccinelle script (and a little editing):
>
> $ cat cast_void_pointer.cocci
> @@
> type T;
> T *pt;
> void *pv;
> @@
>
> - pt = (T *)pv;
> + pt = pv;
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> Acked-by: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com>
> Acked-By: Chris Snook <chris.snook@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>
>
> ---
>
> v2: Update to Geert's request

[For a2065]
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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