RE: [PATCH] USB: gadget: dummy_hcd: switch char * to u8 *

[David Laight]

From: Linus Torvalds
> Sent: 21 October 2022 18:31
...
> I think you might as well also remove the cast that was always a bit odd:
> 
>                 buf[0] = (u8)dum->devstatus;
...
> I suspect a comment would be more readable than an odd cast that
> doesn't actually change anything (since the assignment does it
> anyway).

I've seen a compiler generate an '& 0xff' for the cast before
storing the low byte.
Don't even think about what that compiler would generated for:
		buf[0] = (u8)(dum->devstatus & 0xff);

The code is much easier to read as just an assignment :-)

	David

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