From d58ff35122847a83ba55394e2ae3a1527b6febf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:29:23 +0200 Subject: networking: make skb_push & __skb_push return void pointers It seems like a historic accident that these return unsigned char *, and in many places that means casts are required, more often than not. Make these functions return void * and remove all the casts across the tree, adding a (u8 *) cast only where the unsigned char pointer was used directly, all done with the following spatch: @@ expression SKB, LEN; typedef u8; identifier fn = { skb_push, __skb_push, skb_push_rcsum }; @@ - *(fn(SKB, LEN)) + *(u8 *)fn(SKB, LEN) @@ expression E, SKB, LEN; identifier fn = { skb_push, __skb_push, skb_push_rcsum }; type T; @@ - E = ((T *)(fn(SKB, LEN))) + E = fn(SKB, LEN) @@ expression SKB, LEN; identifier fn = { skb_push, __skb_push, skb_push_rcsum }; @@ - fn(SKB, LEN)[0] + *(u8 *)fn(SKB, LEN) Note that the last part there converts from push(...)[0] to the more idiomatic *(u8 *)push(...). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c index 34dbddbf3f9b..6d8b64ca1a63 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c @@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ int prism2_rx_80211(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, if (prism_header == 1) { struct linux_wlan_ng_prism_hdr *hdr; - hdr = (struct linux_wlan_ng_prism_hdr *) - skb_push(skb, phdrlen); + hdr = skb_push(skb, phdrlen); memset(hdr, 0, phdrlen); hdr->msgcode = LWNG_CAP_DID_BASE; hdr->msglen = sizeof(*hdr); @@ -153,8 +152,7 @@ hdr->f.status = s; hdr->f.len = l; hdr->f.data = d #undef LWNG_SETVAL } else if (prism_header == 2) { struct linux_wlan_ng_cap_hdr *hdr; - hdr = (struct linux_wlan_ng_cap_hdr *) - skb_push(skb, phdrlen); + hdr = skb_push(skb, phdrlen); memset(hdr, 0, phdrlen); hdr->version = htonl(LWNG_CAPHDR_VERSION); hdr->length = htonl(phdrlen); @@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ hdr->f.status = s; hdr->f.len = l; hdr->f.data = d hdr->encoding = htonl(1); /* cck */ } else if (prism_header == 3) { struct hostap_radiotap_rx *hdr; - hdr = (struct hostap_radiotap_rx *)skb_push(skb, phdrlen); + hdr = skb_push(skb, phdrlen); memset(hdr, 0, phdrlen); hdr->hdr.it_len = cpu_to_le16(phdrlen); hdr->hdr.it_present = -- cgit v1.2.3