Re: [PATCH net, 1/2] hv_netvsc: Fix offset usage in netvsc_send_table()

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Mon Nov 18 2019 - 12:59:18 EST


On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 18:28:48 +0100
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > + netdev_err(ndev, "Received send-table offset too big:%u\n",
> > + offset);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + tab = (void *)nvmsg + offset;
>
> But tab is 'u32 *', doesn't compiler complain?

nvmsg + offset is still of type void *.
assigning void * to another pointer type is allowed with C.