The patch titled Subject: arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c: remove unnecessary (void*) conversions has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is kernel-smp-remove-unnecessary-void-conversions.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kernel-smp-remove-unnecessary-void-conversions.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Li zeming <zeming@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c: remove unnecessary (void*) conversions Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:45:22 +0800 The void * type pointer does not need to be cast and assigned to another pointer. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221213074522.3738-1-zeming@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Li zeming <zeming@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c~kernel-smp-remove-unnecessary-void-conversions +++ a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ flush_tlb_all(void) static void ipi_flush_tlb_mm(void *x) { - struct mm_struct *mm = (struct mm_struct *) x; + struct mm_struct *mm = x; if (mm == current->active_mm && !asn_locked()) flush_tlb_current(mm); else @@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ struct flush_tlb_page_struct { static void ipi_flush_tlb_page(void *x) { - struct flush_tlb_page_struct *data = (struct flush_tlb_page_struct *)x; + struct flush_tlb_page_struct *data = x; struct mm_struct * mm = data->mm; if (mm == current->active_mm && !asn_locked()) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from zeming@xxxxxxxxxxxx are kernel-smp-remove-unnecessary-void-conversions.patch