Re: [PATCH net-next] net: liquidio: lio_core: Remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue May 16 2023 - 23:22:12 EST


On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:19:31 +0200 Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 05:56:21PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 12:28:19PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > Networking code needs to be in Reverse Christmas Tree order. Longest
> > > lines first. This code wasn't really in Reverse Christmas Tree order
> > > to begine with but now it's more obvious.
> >
> > Oh, duh. This obviously can't be reversed because it depends on the
> > first declaration. Sorry for the noise.
>
> FWIIW, I think the preferred approach for such cases is to
> separate the declaration and initialisation. Something like:
>
> struct octeon_device *oct = droq->oct_dev;
> struct octeon_device_priv *oct_priv;
>
> oct_priv = oct->priv;

I don't think these changes are worth bothering with at all, TBH.