On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:02:30AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > All of the casting here is unnecessary. 'void *' behaves like 'char *' > when you do arithmetic on it. No. Arithmetic on void pointer is not allowed by the standard. This is a gcc extension. It's okay to be used in the Linux kernel but not in general. The second cast (from char * to void *) however is useless. Bastian -- Prepare for tomorrow -- get ready. -- Edith Keeler, "The City On the Edge of Forever", stardate unknown _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers