> -----Original Message----- > From: Ahmed S. Darwish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:27 PM > To: Li Yang-r58472 > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] UCC Ether driver: kmalloc casting cleanups > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 11:12:28AM +0800, Li Yang-r58472 wrote: > > > From: Ahmed S. Darwish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Hi, > > > A kmalloc casting cleanup patch. > > > Signed-off-by: Ahmed Darwish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [..] > > > > - (u32) (kmalloc((u32) (length + align), > > > - GFP_KERNEL)); > > > + kmalloc((u32) (length + align), GFP_KERNEL); > > > + > > > if (ugeth->tx_bd_ring_offset[j] != 0) > > > ugeth->p_tx_bd_ring[j] = > > [..] > > > > - (u32) (kmalloc((u32) (length + align), GFP_KERNEL)); > > > + kmalloc((u32) (length + align), GFP_KERNEL); > > > > NACK about the 2 clean-ups above. Cast from pointer to integer is > > required here. > > Are the casts from pointer to integer just needed to suppress gcc > warnings or there's something technically important about them ?
It is to suppress the warnings. IMHO, most type casts are not technically important but for sanity check. - Leo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
