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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html