Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: Remove casts of void *

From: Paul Moore <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:48:13 -0400

On Monday, June 13, 2011 10:21:26 PM Joe Perches 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:
> 
> $ cat cast_void_pointer.cocci
> @@
> type T;
> T *pt;
> void *pv;
> @@
> 
> - pt = (T *)pv;
> + pt = pv;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email-masked]>

I can't speak for everyone else, but I have no objections to the NetLabel 
changes.

Acked-by: Paul Moore <[email-masked]>

> diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
> b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c index 9c38658..8efd061 100644
> --- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
> +++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
> @@ -426,10 +426,9 @@ int netlbl_unlhsh_add(struct net *net,
>  					      audit_info);
>  	switch (addr_len) {
>  	case sizeof(struct in_addr): {
> -		struct in_addr *addr4, *mask4;
> +		const struct in_addr *addr4 = addr;
> +		const struct in_addr *mask4 = mask;
> 
> -		addr4 = (struct in_addr *)addr;
> -		mask4 = (struct in_addr *)mask;
>  		ret_val = netlbl_unlhsh_add_addr4(iface, addr4, mask4, secid);
>  		if (audit_buf != NULL)
>  			netlbl_af4list_audit_addr(audit_buf, 1,
> @@ -440,10 +439,9 @@ int netlbl_unlhsh_add(struct net *net,
>  	}
>  #if defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE)
>  	case sizeof(struct in6_addr): {
> -		struct in6_addr *addr6, *mask6;
> +		const struct in6_addr *addr6 = addr;
> +		const struct in6_addr *mask6 = mask;
> 
> -		addr6 = (struct in6_addr *)addr;
> -		mask6 = (struct in6_addr *)mask;
>  		ret_val = netlbl_unlhsh_add_addr6(iface, addr6, mask6, secid);
>  		if (audit_buf != NULL)
>  			netlbl_af6list_audit_addr(audit_buf, 1,

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paul moore
linux @ hp