Re: [PATCH] cpuset release ABBA deadlock fix

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> +	(void) call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, envp, 0);
>
>ick.  Why the cast?

Because K&R (also the 2nd ed) does it.
Unfortunately, K&R is always recommended as a book, and apparently
many readers therefore get addicted to casts. Hell, you even see
it [unnecessary casts] in today's books.



Jan Engelhardt
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