Re: [PATCH] net: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

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On Tuesday 2017-03-28 14:50, simran singhal wrote:

>The following Coccinelle script was used to detect this:
>@r@
>expression x;
>void* e;
>type T;
>identifier f;
>@@
>(
>  *((T *)e)
>|
>  ((T *)x)[...]
>|
>  ((T*)x)->f
>|
>
>- (T*)
>  e
>)
>
>Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx>
>---
> net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c         |  2 +-
> net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c         | 20 ++++++++------------
> net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c          | 20 ++++++++------------
> net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c         | 20 ++++++++------------
> net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h |  4 ++--
> net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c       |  2 +-
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c      |  2 +-
> net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c            |  2 +-
> net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c            | 10 +++++-----
> 9 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
>index 79b6991..bdc629e 100644
>--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
>+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
>@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ static int compat_copy_entry_to_user(struct ebt_entry *e, void __user **dstptr,
> 	if (*size < sizeof(*ce))
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 
>-	ce = (struct ebt_entry __user *)*dstptr;
>+	ce = *dstptr;
> 	if (copy_to_user(ce, e, sizeof(*ce)))
> 		return -EFAULT;
> 
>diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
>index 6241a81..f046c12 100644
>--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
>+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
>@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int mark_source_chains(const struct xt_table_info *newinfo,
> 	for (hook = 0; hook < NF_ARP_NUMHOOKS; hook++) {
> 		unsigned int pos = newinfo->hook_entry[hook];
> 		struct arpt_entry *e
>-			= (struct arpt_entry *)(entry0 + pos);
>+			= (entry0 + pos);

At this point you can also drop the now-unnecessary parentheses in all 
the lines you changed.
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