From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756735AbbJASkL (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:40:11 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f176.google.com ([209.85.217.176]:36580 "EHLO mail-lb0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752494AbbJASkJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:40:09 -0400 From: Rasmus Villemoes To: Rusty Russell , Stephen Rothwell Cc: Rasmus Villemoes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: remove confusing cast Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:39:50 +0200 Message-Id: <1443724791-4240-1-git-send-email-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Both sides of the assignment are const char*, so this cast is unnecessary and confusing. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes --- kernel/params.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c index b6554aa71094..0b433fdb45eb 100644 --- a/kernel/params.c +++ b/kernel/params.c @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk, mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.store = param_attr_store; else mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.store = NULL; - mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.name = (char *)name; + mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.name = name; mk->mp->attrs[mk->mp->num].mattr.attr.mode = kp->perm; mk->mp->num++; -- 2.1.3