[PATCH 0/2] netfilter: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

[PATCH 0/2] netfilter: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

[simran singhal]

This patch series remove unnecessary cast on void pointer.

simran singhal (2):
  netfilter: ipset: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer
  netfilter: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

 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 +++++-----
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH 1/2] netfilter: ipset: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

[simran singhal]

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@gmail.com>
---

 --This is my contribution to the netfilter project of
   Outreachy Round 14. 

 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h | 4 ++--
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
index 6f09a99..d302d98 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ mtype_list(const struct ip_set *set,
 		if (!test_bit(id, map->members) ||
 		    (SET_WITH_TIMEOUT(set) &&
 #ifdef IP_SET_BITMAP_STORED_TIMEOUT
-		     mtype_is_filled((const struct mtype_elem *)x) &&
+		     mtype_is_filled(x) &&
 #endif
 		     ip_set_timeout_expired(ext_timeout(x, set))))
 			continue;
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ mtype_list(const struct ip_set *set,
 		if (mtype_do_list(skb, map, id, set->dsize))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 		if (ip_set_put_extensions(skb, set, x,
-		    mtype_is_filled((const struct mtype_elem *)x)))
+		    mtype_is_filled(x)))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 		ipset_nest_end(skb, nested);
 	}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index c296f9b..10a3694 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ ip_set_sockfn_get(struct sock *sk, int optval, void __user *user, int *len)
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto done;
 	}
-	op = (unsigned int *)data;
+	op = data;
 
 	if (*op < IP_SET_OP_VERSION) {
 		/* Check the version at the beginning of operations */
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH 2/2] netfilter: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

[simran singhal]

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@gmail.com>
---

 --This is my contribution to the netfilter project of
   Outreachy Round 14. 

 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c       |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c       | 10 +++++-----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
index 48d8354..ec665c8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static int kill_l3proto(struct nf_conn *i, void *data)
 static int kill_l4proto(struct nf_conn *i, void *data)
 {
 	struct nf_conntrack_l4proto *l4proto;
-	l4proto = (struct nf_conntrack_l4proto *)data;
+	l4proto = data;
 	return nf_ct_protonum(i) == l4proto->l4proto &&
 	       nf_ct_l3num(i) == l4proto->l3proto;
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
index 5f65272..8ec086b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int nft_hash_init(const struct nft_set *set,
 
 static void nft_hash_elem_destroy(void *ptr, void *arg)
 {
-	nft_set_elem_destroy((const struct nft_set *)arg, ptr, true);
+	nft_set_elem_destroy(arg, ptr, true);
 }
 
 static void nft_hash_destroy(const struct nft_set *set)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
index 2a6dfe8..762e187 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int
 cfg_copy(struct hashlimit_cfg2 *to, void *from, int revision)
 {
 	if (revision == 1) {
-		struct hashlimit_cfg1 *cfg = (struct hashlimit_cfg1 *)from;
+		struct hashlimit_cfg1 *cfg = from;
 
 		to->mode = cfg->mode;
 		to->avg = cfg->avg;
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static void *dl_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *pos)
 static void *dl_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct xt_hashlimit_htable *htable = s->private;
-	unsigned int *bucket = (unsigned int *)v;
+	unsigned int *bucket = v;
 
 	*pos = ++(*bucket);
 	if (*pos >= htable->cfg.size) {
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ static void dl_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 	__releases(htable->lock)
 {
 	struct xt_hashlimit_htable *htable = s->private;
-	unsigned int *bucket = (unsigned int *)v;
+	unsigned int *bucket = v;
 
 	if (!IS_ERR(bucket))
 		kfree(bucket);
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static int dl_seq_real_show(struct dsthash_ent *ent, u_int8_t family,
 static int dl_seq_show_v1(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 {
 	struct xt_hashlimit_htable *htable = s->private;
-	unsigned int *bucket = (unsigned int *)v;
+	unsigned int *bucket = v;
 	struct dsthash_ent *ent;
 
 	if (!hlist_empty(&htable->hash[*bucket])) {
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int dl_seq_show_v1(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 static int dl_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 {
 	struct xt_hashlimit_htable *htable = s->private;
-	unsigned int *bucket = (unsigned int *)v;
+	unsigned int *bucket = v;
 	struct dsthash_ent *ent;
 
 	if (!hlist_empty(&htable->hash[*bucket])) {
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH 0/2] netfilter: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 05:49:52PM +0530, simran singhal wrote:
> This patch series remove unnecessary cast on void pointer.
> 
> simran singhal (2):
>   netfilter: ipset: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer
>   netfilter: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

Please, merge this two patches in one single patch.

I have to pass up batches to David, and I would like this cleanups are
grouped into the same logical change.

Is there more occurrences of this in the Netfilter tree? Please have a
look at net/ipv4/netfilter/ net/ipv6/netfilter/ and
net/bridge/netfilter, we also have code there.

Thanks.