From: Andrew Morton fs/select.c: In function `core_sys_select': fs/select.c:339: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type fs/select.c:376: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast By using a void* we can remove lots of casts rather than adding more. Cc: Jes Sorensen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/select.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/select.c~select-warning-fixes fs/select.c --- devel/fs/select.c~select-warning-fixes 2006-04-01 22:27:14.000000000 -0800 +++ devel-akpm/fs/select.c 2006-04-01 22:28:50.000000000 -0800 @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int core_sys_select(int n, fd_set fd_set __user *exp, s64 *timeout) { fd_set_bits fds; - char *bits; + void *bits; int ret, size, max_fdset; struct fdtable *fdt; /* Allocate small arguments on the stack to save memory and be faster */ @@ -341,12 +341,12 @@ static int core_sys_select(int n, fd_set bits = kmalloc(6 * size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!bits) goto out_nofds; - fds.in = (unsigned long *) bits; - fds.out = (unsigned long *) (bits + size); - fds.ex = (unsigned long *) (bits + 2*size); - fds.res_in = (unsigned long *) (bits + 3*size); - fds.res_out = (unsigned long *) (bits + 4*size); - fds.res_ex = (unsigned long *) (bits + 5*size); + fds.in = bits; + fds.out = bits + size; + fds.ex = bits + 2*size; + fds.res_in = bits + 3*size; + fds.res_out = bits + 4*size; + fds.res_ex = bits + 5*size; if ((ret = get_fd_set(n, inp, fds.in)) || (ret = get_fd_set(n, outp, fds.out)) || _