On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 22:20 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > Ok, I must admit I didn't check with sparse since it seemed pointless > - we usually never cast void pointers to other pointer types, > specifically because the C language nicely guarantees that the right > thing will happen without the cast. Sometimes we have to cast them to > integer types, su sure we need the cast there. But what on earth > makes a "zd_addr_t *" so special that we have to explicitly cast a > "void *" to that type? http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=117113743902549&w=1 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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