Re: crypto: api - Change crypto_unregister_instance argument type

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On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 04:54:03PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> >@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static int crypto_del_alg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> >nlmsghdr *nlh, if (atomic_read(&alg->cra_refcnt) != 1)
> > 		return -EBUSY;
> >
> >-	return crypto_unregister_instance(alg);
> >+	return crypto_unregister_instance((struct crypto_instance *)alg);
> 
> Instead of using type casts, isn't container_of() a cleaner way (and hopefully 
> a safer way) of casting? 

Actually no that would only make sense if every alg sat within
an instance which is not the case.  So I don't think using that
would buy us much clarity.

Thanks,
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