On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 05:56:21PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 12:28:19PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 04:49:06PM +0800, wuych wrote:
> > > Pointer variables of void * type do not require type cast.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: wuych <yunchuan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c | 6 ++----
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
> > > index 882b2be06ea0..10d9dab26c92 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
> > > @@ -904,8 +904,7 @@ static
> > > int liquidio_schedule_msix_droq_pkt_handler(struct octeon_droq *droq, u64 ret)
> > > {
> > > struct octeon_device *oct = droq->oct_dev;
> > > - struct octeon_device_priv *oct_priv =
> > > - (struct octeon_device_priv *)oct->priv;
> > > + struct octeon_device_priv *oct_priv = oct->priv;
> > >
> >
> > Networking code needs to be in Reverse Christmas Tree order. Longest
> > lines first. This code wasn't really in Reverse Christmas Tree order
> > to begine with but now it's more obvious.
>
> Oh, duh. This obviously can't be reversed because it depends on the
> first declaration. Sorry for the noise.
FWIIW, I think the preferred approach for such cases is to
separate the declaration and initialisation. Something like:
struct octeon_device *oct = droq->oct_dev;
struct octeon_device_priv *oct_priv;
oct_priv = oct->priv;
