From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> The result of netdev_priv is already implicitly cast to the type of the left side of the assignment. The semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ type T; T *x; @@ x = - (T *) netdev_priv(...) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c --- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c @@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@ static inline void muxnet_put(struct gsm static int gsm_mux_net_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net) { - struct gsm_mux_net *mux_net = (struct gsm_mux_net *)netdev_priv(net); + struct gsm_mux_net *mux_net = netdev_priv(net); struct gsm_dlci *dlci = mux_net->dlci; muxnet_get(mux_net); @@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ static void gsm_mux_rx_netchar(struct gs { struct net_device *net = dlci->net; struct sk_buff *skb; - struct gsm_mux_net *mux_net = (struct gsm_mux_net *)netdev_priv(net); + struct gsm_mux_net *mux_net = netdev_priv(net); muxnet_get(mux_net); /* Allocate an sk_buff */ @@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ static void gsm_mux_rx_netchar(struct gs static int gsm_change_mtu(struct net_device *net, int new_mtu) { - struct gsm_mux_net *mux_net = (struct gsm_mux_net *)netdev_priv(net); + struct gsm_mux_net *mux_net = netdev_priv(net); if ((new_mtu < 8) || (new_mtu > mux_net->dlci->gsm->mtu)) return -EINVAL; net->mtu = new_mtu; @@ -2763,7 +2763,7 @@ static void gsm_destroy_network(struct g pr_debug("destroy network interface"); if (!dlci->net) return; - mux_net = (struct gsm_mux_net *)netdev_priv(dlci->net); + mux_net = netdev_priv(dlci->net); muxnet_put(mux_net); } @@ -2801,7 +2801,7 @@ static int gsm_create_network(struct gsm return -ENOMEM; } net->mtu = dlci->gsm->mtu; - mux_net = (struct gsm_mux_net *)netdev_priv(net); + mux_net = netdev_priv(net); mux_net->dlci = dlci; kref_init(&mux_net->ref); strncpy(nc->if_name, net->name, IFNAMSIZ); /* return net name */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html