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Re: [PATCH 2/2] ath10k: pci: remove unnecessary casts

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Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 2019-06-27 at 21:12 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Thu, 2019-06-27 at 21:47 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> > Fixes checkpatch warnings:
>> > 
>> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c:926: unnecessary cast may
>> > hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/ma
>> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c:1072: unnecessary cast may
>> > hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/m
>> 
>> I think you cut off the link there, did you mean
>> http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html perhaps?

Yes, thanks. Fixed now in the pending branch.

> Which I should've read before replying ... WHAT? We consider calling
> undeclared functions an *error* in the kernel, this is quite pointless.

Yeah, the link checkpatch provides is pointless. TBH I didn't even read
it until you commented on it :) But the patch is still good to have as
there's no point of use casting on void pointers, it's just extra cruft.
Right?

-- 
Kalle Valo



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