Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: liquidio: lio_core: Remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 20:20:59 -0700

On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:19:31 +0200 Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 05:56:21PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 12:28:19PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:  
> > > Networking code needs to be in Reverse Christmas Tree order.  Longest
> > > lines first.  This code wasn't really in Reverse Christmas Tree order
> > > to begine with but now it's more obvious.  
> > 
> > Oh, duh.  This obviously can't be reversed because it depends on the
> > first declaration.  Sorry for the noise.  
> 
> FWIIW, I think the preferred approach for such cases is to
> separate the declaration and initialisation. Something like:
> 
> 	struct octeon_device *oct = droq->oct_dev;
> 	struct octeon_device_priv *oct_priv;
> 
> 	oct_priv = oct->priv;

I don't think these changes are worth bothering with at all, TBH.