This function is more complicated than it needs to be because of the consts. It's not worth saving them when we drop the consts anyway when we return (void *)name_ptr. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: remove another cast diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c index 1c3d638..cbeaa68 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c @@ -304,14 +304,13 @@ static int postconfig(struct comedi_device *dev) * that register their supported board names */ static void *comedi_recognize(struct comedi_driver *driv, const char *name) { - unsigned i; - const char *const *name_ptr = driv->board_name; + char **name_ptr = (char **)driv->board_name; + int i; + for (i = 0; i < driv->num_names; i++) { if (strcmp(*name_ptr, name) == 0) - return (void *)name_ptr; - name_ptr = - (const char *const *)((const char *)name_ptr + - driv->offset); + return name_ptr; + name_ptr = (void *)name_ptr + driv->offset; } return NULL; _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel