The C standard specifies that there is no need to cast from a pointer to void [1]. Therefore, it can be safely dropped. [1] C Standard Committee: https://c0x.shape-of-code.com/6.3.2.3.html Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c index 019cf6079cec..3aaa4b4d9f08 100644 --- a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c +++ b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int hwicap_setup(struct platform_device *pdev, int id, retval = -ENOMEM; goto failed; } - dev_set_drvdata(dev, (void *)drvdata); + dev_set_drvdata(dev, drvdata); drvdata->base_address = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0); if (!drvdata->base_address) { -- 2.40.1