Re: [PATCH net-next 01/11] ipv6: skb_put_zero() used to optimize code

On Wed, 2017-06-14 at 12:14 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

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I just copied it from skb_put() - you could ask the same there? :)

My taste is to  have less casts. Never understood why so many skb_
functions returned char *, probably a leftover from older Unix style.

I agree, for many of them it's awkward and I often just put a (void *)
cast in there ...

I guess we can just make them void, and if anyone wants it I can easily
cook up an spatch to remove casts.

johannes