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>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int nvec_status_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
{
struct nvec_chip *nvec = container_of(nb, struct nvec_chip,
nvec_status_notifier);
- unsigned char *msg = (unsigned char *)data;
+ unsigned char *msg = data;
if (event_type != NVEC_CNTL)
return NOTIFY_DONE;