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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Janani Ravichandran <janani.rvchndrn@gmail.com>
Cc: outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Drop void pointer cast
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:31:05 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160311183105.GA21819@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160225201156.GA8224@janani-Inspiron-3521>

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 03:11:56PM -0500, Janani Ravichandran wrote:
> Void pointers need not be cast to other pointer types.
> Semantis patch:
> 
> @r@
> expression x;
> void *e;
> type T;
> identifier f;
> @@
> 
> (
>   *((T *)e)
> | 
>   ((T *)x) [...]
> |   
>   ((T *)x)->f
> | 
> - (T *) 
>   e
> )
> 
> Signed-off-by: Janani Ravichandran <janani.rvchndrn@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_ops_linux.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Someone else sent this patch before you did, sorry :(


      reply	other threads:[~2016-03-11 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-25 20:11 [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Drop void pointer cast Janani Ravichandran
2016-03-11 18:31 ` Greg KH [this message]

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