Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >@@ -3356,6 +3370,7 @@ void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
>> > /* will free via device release */
>> > put_device(&dev->dev);
>> > #else
>> >+ kfree((char *)dev->egress_subqueue);
>> > kfree((char *)dev - dev->padded);
>> > #endif
>> > }
>>
>> Ahem. Explain that cast.
>
> This can be removed if needed; however, I'm just copying what
> the other kfree()'s are doing in this function. Any instance of a
> typecast that I introduced in these patches are just following what
> others have done in that section of the code. So the cast is just for
> consistency in this particular area. If you'd like me to remove it, I
> can do that.
The other cast is there for the subtraction, not the kfree...
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