From 019e02b0f25d6d043979f92b937560a4fa951271 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 21:06:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Replace ptr casts with typed cast() method

Replace type inferred raw pointer casts with .cast() method calls to
make intent clearer.

Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>
---
 vhost-device-can/src/vhu_can.rs   | 3 ++-
 vhost-device-gpio/src/vhu_gpio.rs | 5 +++--
 vhost-device-scsi/src/vhu_scsi.rs | 2 +-
 vhost-device-spi/src/vhu_spi.rs   | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vhost-device-can/src/vhu_can.rs b/vhost-device-can/src/vhu_can.rs
index f57a213..a2de02f 100644
--- a/vhost-device-can/src/vhu_can.rs
+++ b/vhost-device-can/src/vhu_can.rs
@@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ impl VhostUserBackendMut for VhostUserCanBackend {
                     .config()
                     .as_slice()
                     .as_ptr()
-                    .offset(offset as isize) as *const _ as *const _,
+                    .offset(offset as isize)
+                    .cast::<u8>(),
                 size as usize,
             )
             .to_vec()
diff --git a/vhost-device-gpio/src/vhu_gpio.rs b/vhost-device-gpio/src/vhu_gpio.rs
index c0683ca..6b6df58 100644
--- a/vhost-device-gpio/src/vhu_gpio.rs
+++ b/vhost-device-gpio/src/vhu_gpio.rs
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ impl<D: 'static + GpioDevice + Sync + Send> VhostUserBackendMut for VhostUserGpi
                     .config()
                     .as_slice()
                     .as_ptr()
-                    .offset(offset as isize) as *const _ as *const _,
+                    .offset(offset as isize)
+                    .cast::<u8>(),
                 size as usize,
             )
             .to_vec()
@@ -1157,7 +1158,7 @@ mod tests {
             // reading its content from byte array.
             unsafe {
                 from_raw_parts(
-                    &config as *const _ as *const _,
+                    (&raw const config).cast::<u8>(),
                     size_of::<VirtioGpioConfig>(),
                 )
                 .to_vec()
diff --git a/vhost-device-scsi/src/vhu_scsi.rs b/vhost-device-scsi/src/vhu_scsi.rs
index 1e7c04d..628bafc 100644
--- a/vhost-device-scsi/src/vhu_scsi.rs
+++ b/vhost-device-scsi/src/vhu_scsi.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl VhostUserBackendMut for VhostUserScsiBackend {
         // access up to the size of the struct.
         let config_slice = unsafe {
             slice::from_raw_parts(
-                &config as *const virtio_scsi_config as *const u8,
+                (&raw const config).cast::<u8>(),
                 mem::size_of::<virtio_scsi_config>(),
             )
         };
diff --git a/vhost-device-spi/src/vhu_spi.rs b/vhost-device-spi/src/vhu_spi.rs
index e90a801..a1ebdf3 100644
--- a/vhost-device-spi/src/vhu_spi.rs
+++ b/vhost-device-spi/src/vhu_spi.rs
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ mod tests {
             // reading its content from byte array.
             unsafe {
                 from_raw_parts(
-                    &dummy_config as *const _ as *const _,
+                    (&raw const dummy_config).cast::<u8>(),
                     size_of::<VirtioSpiConfig>(),
                 )
                 .to_vec()