In Linux kernel code it is preferred not to use a cast when converting a void pointer to another pointer type. Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Cc: Josef Bacik <jbacik@xxxxxx> Cc: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Markus Pargmann <mpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/nbd.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c index 9d4ec9273bf9..90760f27824d 100644 --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static ssize_t pid_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) { struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev); - struct nbd_device *nbd = (struct nbd_device *)disk->private_data; + struct nbd_device *nbd = disk->private_data; return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", nbd->pid); } @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static ssize_t backend_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) { struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev); - struct nbd_device *nbd = (struct nbd_device *)disk->private_data; + struct nbd_device *nbd = disk->private_data; return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", nbd->backend ?: ""); }