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

Roland Dreier
2007-10-25T23:38:50Z

> > +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.

The way it's written you kinda do, since it takes a const void * and
returns a plain void *. But I don't think that's the best way to
write it.