On Tue, 10 Nov 2015, Vladimir Davydov wrote: > But it doesn't mean we have to define it as (void **) in > slab_alloc_node. Actually, the fact that object is of type (void **) is > never used in slab_alloc_node, and all functions called by it accept > (void *) for object, not (void **). Dropping one star there doesn't > break anything and looks less confusing IMO. I just tried to point out that this is a historical artifact. Can be removed. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>