Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] drivers/net: Remove casts of void *

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 11:21 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 06:02, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > Unnecessary casts of void * clutter the code.
> > --- a/drivers/net/a2065.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/a2065.c
> > @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static irqreturn_t lance_interrupt (int irq, void *dev_id)
> >        volatile struct lance_regs *ll;
> >        int csr0;
> >
> > -       dev = (struct net_device *) dev_id;
> > +       dev = dev_id;
> 
> I think it would look better if you merge this line with the line that
> defines "dev".

I think so too, but I also think it should look like below
and that's something better done in a separate pass, don't
you think?

diff --git a/drivers/net/a2065.c b/drivers/net/a2065.c
index deaa8bc..25ea98a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/a2065.c
+++ b/drivers/net/a2065.c
@@ -421,16 +421,11 @@ static int lance_tx (struct net_device *dev)
 
 static irqreturn_t lance_interrupt (int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev;
-	struct lance_private *lp;
-	volatile struct lance_regs *ll;
+	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
+	struct lance_private *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
+	volatile struct lance_regs *ll = lp->ll;
 	int csr0;
 
-	dev = (struct net_device *) dev_id;
-
-	lp = netdev_priv(dev);
-	ll = lp->ll;
-
 	ll->rap = LE_CSR0;		/* LANCE Controller Status */
 	csr0 = ll->rdp;