Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] usb: host: tegra: Tegra30 support

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Tue Aug 06 2013 - 15:27:24 EST


Hello.

On 08/06/2013 11:16 PM, Tuomas Tynkkynen wrote:

[...]

+ match = of_match_device(tegra_ehci_of_match, &pdev->dev);
+ if (!match) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Error: No device match found\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+ soc_config = (struct tegra_ehci_soc_config *)match->data;

Aren't casts from 'const void *' automatic?

WBR, Sergei

Indeed they are, but those explicit casts seem to be used in many places in the kernel.

I suspect people just don't know C well enough. They are also being gradually removed.

WBR, Sergei

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