Void pointers need not be cast to other pointer types. Semantic patch used: @r@ expression x; void *e; type T; identifier f; @@ ( *((T *)e) | ((T *)x) [...] | ((T *)x)->f | - (T *) e ) Signed-off-by: Janani Ravichandran <janani.rvchndrn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static void activate_packet_queue(struct iowait *wait, int reason)
static void sdma_kmem_cache_ctor(void *obj)
{
- struct user_sdma_txreq *tx = (struct user_sdma_txreq *)obj;
+ struct user_sdma_txreq *tx = obj;
memset(tx, 0, sizeof(*tx));
}