Re: [PATCH 01/31] Add an ERR_CAST() macro to complement ERR_PTR and co. [try #5]

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:09:09 -0700
Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com> wrote:

> 
> > + * ERR_CAST - Explicitly cast an error-valued pointer to another pointer type
> > + * @ptr: The pointer to cast.
> > + *
> > + * Explicitly cast an error-valued pointer to another pointer type in such a
> > + * way as to make it clear that's what's going on.
> > + */
> > +static inline void *ERR_CAST(const void *ptr)
> > +{
> > +	return (void *) ptr;
> > +}
> 
> Just to nit, surely you don't need the cast inside the function.  The
> casting happens at the call site between the argument and returned pointer.
> 

It'll warn without the cast.

btw, nit time.  This style:

	return (void *)ptr;

outnumbers this style

	return (void *) ptr;

by 4 to 1.  And I don't find the space attractive, useful or logical,
personally.