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* [PATCH] kernel/params.c: remove confusing cast
@ 2015-10-01 18:39 Rasmus Villemoes
  2015-10-02  1:17 ` Rusty Russell
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Rasmus Villemoes @ 2015-10-01 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rusty Russell, Stephen Rothwell; +Cc: Rasmus Villemoes, linux-kernel

Both sides of the assignment are const char*, so this cast is
unnecessary and confusing.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
---
 kernel/params.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index b6554aa71094..0b433fdb45eb 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk,
 		mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.store = param_attr_store;
 	else
 		mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.store = NULL;
-	mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.name = (char *)name;
+	mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.name = name;
 	mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.mode = kp->perm;
 	mk->mp->num++;
 
-- 
2.1.3


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* Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: remove confusing cast
  2015-10-01 18:39 [PATCH] kernel/params.c: remove confusing cast Rasmus Villemoes
@ 2015-10-02  1:17 ` Rusty Russell
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Rusty Russell @ 2015-10-02  1:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rasmus Villemoes, Stephen Rothwell
  Cc: Rasmus Villemoes, linux-kernel, Andrew Morton

Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> writes:
> Both sides of the assignment are const char*, so this cast is
> unnecessary and confusing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>

Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

Thanks,
Rusty.

>  kernel/params.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
> index b6554aa71094..0b433fdb45eb 100644
> --- a/kernel/params.c
> +++ b/kernel/params.c
> @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk,
>  		mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.store = param_attr_store;
>  	else
>  		mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.store = NULL;
> -	mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.name = (char *)name;
> +	mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.name = name;
>  	mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.mode = kp->perm;
>  	mk->mp->num++;
>  
> -- 
> 2.1.3

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