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On Tue, 09 Apr 2019 22:14:08 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:

> 09/04/2019 21:06, Vivian Kong:
> > Signed-off-by: Vivian Kong <vivkong@ca.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  static inline int
> >  eth_dev_pci_specific_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *bus_device) {
> > -	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = bus_device;
> > +	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = (struct rte_pci_device *) bus_device;  
> 
> Why do we need such cast?
> 
> 

I agree with Thomas, we try to avoid extra casts and there is even
a script to find them. 

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On Tue, 09 Apr 2019 22:14:08 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:

> 09/04/2019 21:06, Vivian Kong:
> > Signed-off-by: Vivian Kong <vivkong@ca.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  static inline int
> >  eth_dev_pci_specific_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *bus_device) {
> > -	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = bus_device;
> > +	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = (struct rte_pci_device *) bus_device;  
> 
> Why do we need such cast?
> 
> 

I agree with Thomas, we try to avoid extra casts and there is even
a script to find them.