networking: make skb_put & friends return void pointers

It seems like a historic accident that these return unsigned char *,
and in many places that means casts are required, more often than not.

Make these functions (skb_put, __skb_put and pskb_put) return void *
and remove all the casts across the tree, adding a (u8 *) cast only
where the unsigned char pointer was used directly, all done with the
following spatch:

    @@
    expression SKB, LEN;
    typedef u8;
    identifier fn = { skb_put, __skb_put };
    @@
    - *(fn(SKB, LEN))
    + *(u8 *)fn(SKB, LEN)

    @@
    expression E, SKB, LEN;
    identifier fn = { skb_put, __skb_put };
    type T;
    @@
    - E = ((T *)(fn(SKB, LEN)))
    + E = fn(SKB, LEN)

which actually doesn't cover pskb_put since there are only three
users overall.

A handful of stragglers were converted manually, notably a macro in
drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_bsdcomp.c and, oddly enough, one of the many
instances in net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c. In the former file, I also
had to fix one whitespace problem spatch introduced.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

52 files changed, 199 insertions, 226 deletions

diff --git a/net/802/garp.c b/net/802/garp.c
index b38ee6dcba45..a9a266569293 100644
--- a/net/802/garp.c
+++ b/net/802/garp.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int garp_pdu_init(struct garp_applicant *app)
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_2);
 	skb_reserve(skb, LL_RESERVED_SPACE(app->dev) + LLC_RESERVE);
 
-	gp = (struct garp_pdu_hdr *)__skb_put(skb, sizeof(*gp));
+	gp = __skb_put(skb, sizeof(*gp));
 	put_unaligned(htons(GARP_PROTOCOL_ID), &gp->protocol);
 
 	app->pdu = skb;
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int garp_pdu_append_msg(struct garp_applicant *app, u8 attrtype)
 
 	if (skb_tailroom(app->pdu) < sizeof(*gm))
 		return -1;
-	gm = (struct garp_msg_hdr *)__skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(*gm));
+	gm = __skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(*gm));
 	gm->attrtype = attrtype;
 	garp_cb(app->pdu)->cur_type = attrtype;
 	return 0;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ again:
 	len = sizeof(*ga) + attr->dlen;
 	if (skb_tailroom(app->pdu) < len)
 		goto queue;
-	ga = (struct garp_attr_hdr *)__skb_put(app->pdu, len);
+	ga = __skb_put(app->pdu, len);
 	ga->len   = len;
 	ga->event = event;
 	memcpy(ga->data, attr->data, attr->dlen);
diff --git a/net/802/mrp.c b/net/802/mrp.c
index 72db2785ef2c..be4dd3165347 100644
--- a/net/802/mrp.c
+++ b/net/802/mrp.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static int mrp_pdu_init(struct mrp_applicant *app)
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 
-	ph = (struct mrp_pdu_hdr *)__skb_put(skb, sizeof(*ph));
+	ph = __skb_put(skb, sizeof(*ph));
 	ph->version = app->app->version;
 
 	app->pdu = skb;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static int mrp_pdu_append_end_mark(struct mrp_applicant *app)
 
 	if (skb_tailroom(app->pdu) < sizeof(*endmark))
 		return -1;
-	endmark = (__be16 *)__skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(*endmark));
+	endmark = __skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(*endmark));
 	put_unaligned(MRP_END_MARK, endmark);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int mrp_pdu_append_msg_hdr(struct mrp_applicant *app,
 
 	if (skb_tailroom(app->pdu) < sizeof(*mh))
 		return -1;
-	mh = (struct mrp_msg_hdr *)__skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(*mh));
+	mh = __skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(*mh));
 	mh->attrtype = attrtype;
 	mh->attrlen = attrlen;
 	mrp_cb(app->pdu)->mh = mh;
@@ -382,8 +382,7 @@ static int mrp_pdu_append_vecattr_hdr(struct mrp_applicant *app,
 
 	if (skb_tailroom(app->pdu) < sizeof(*vah) + attrlen)
 		return -1;
-	vah = (struct mrp_vecattr_hdr *)__skb_put(app->pdu,
-						  sizeof(*vah) + attrlen);
+	vah = __skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(*vah) + attrlen);
 	put_unaligned(0, &vah->lenflags);
 	memcpy(vah->firstattrvalue, firstattrvalue, attrlen);
 	mrp_cb(app->pdu)->vah = vah;
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@ again:
 	if (!pos) {
 		if (skb_tailroom(app->pdu) < sizeof(u8))
 			goto queue;
-		vaevents = (u8 *)__skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(u8));
+		vaevents = __skb_put(app->pdu, sizeof(u8));
 	} else {
 		vaevents = (u8 *)(skb_tail_pointer(app->pdu) - sizeof(u8));
 	}
diff --git a/net/appletalk/ddp.c b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
index 465cc24b41e5..c7af6dc70fa2 100644
--- a/net/appletalk/ddp.c
+++ b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ static int atalk_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 
 	SOCK_DEBUG(sk, "SK %p: Begin build.\n", sk);
 
-	ddp = (struct ddpehdr *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ddpehdr));
+	ddp = skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ddpehdr));
 	ddp->deh_len_hops  = htons(len + sizeof(*ddp));
 	ddp->deh_dnet  = usat->sat_addr.s_net;
 	ddp->deh_snet  = at->src_net;
diff --git a/net/atm/clip.c b/net/atm/clip.c
index ec527b62f79d..a7e4018370b4 100644
--- a/net/atm/clip.c
+++ b/net/atm/clip.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int to_atmarpd(enum atmarp_ctrl_type type, int itf, __be32 ip)
 	skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(struct atmarp_ctrl), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	ctrl = (struct atmarp_ctrl *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct atmarp_ctrl));
+	ctrl = skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct atmarp_ctrl));
 	ctrl->type = type;
 	ctrl->itf_num = itf;
 	ctrl->ip = ip;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c b/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
index 6308c9f0fd96..8ead292886d1 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static ssize_t batadv_socket_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buff,
 
 	skb->priority = TC_PRIO_CONTROL;
 	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-	icmp_header = (struct batadv_icmp_header *)skb_put(skb, packet_len);
+	icmp_header = skb_put(skb, packet_len);
 
 	if (copy_from_user(icmp_header, buff, packet_len)) {
 		len = -EFAULT;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
index e3e2585d0977..bfe8effe9238 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static int batadv_tp_send_msg(struct batadv_tp_vars *tp_vars, const u8 *src,
 		return BATADV_TP_REASON_MEMORY_ERROR;
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-	icmp = (struct batadv_icmp_tp_packet *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*icmp));
+	icmp = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*icmp));
 
 	/* fill the icmp header */
 	ether_addr_copy(icmp->dst, orig_node->orig);
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static int batadv_tp_send_msg(struct batadv_tp_vars *tp_vars, const u8 *src,
 	icmp->timestamp = htonl(timestamp);
 
 	data_len = len - sizeof(*icmp);
-	data = (u8 *)skb_put(skb, data_len);
+	data = skb_put(skb, data_len);
 	batadv_tp_fill_prerandom(tp_vars, data, data_len);
 
 	r = batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL);
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ static int batadv_tp_send_ack(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *dst,
 	}
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-	icmp = (struct batadv_icmp_tp_packet *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*icmp));
+	icmp = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*icmp));
 	icmp->packet_type = BATADV_ICMP;
 	icmp->version = BATADV_COMPAT_VERSION;
 	icmp->ttl = BATADV_TTL;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
index 4e4105a932bd..b73ac149de34 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ struct sk_buff *hci_prepare_cmd(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 opcode, u32 plen,
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	hdr = (struct hci_command_hdr *) skb_put(skb, HCI_COMMAND_HDR_SIZE);
+	hdr = skb_put(skb, HCI_COMMAND_HDR_SIZE);
 	hdr->opcode = cpu_to_le16(opcode);
 	hdr->plen   = plen;
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index 083e87f26a0f..1301a8786d8d 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *create_monitor_event(struct hci_dev *hdev, int event)
 		if (!skb)
 			return NULL;
 
-		ni = (void *)skb_put(skb, HCI_MON_NEW_INDEX_SIZE);
+		ni = skb_put(skb, HCI_MON_NEW_INDEX_SIZE);
 		ni->type = hdev->dev_type;
 		ni->bus = hdev->bus;
 		bacpy(&ni->bdaddr, &hdev->bdaddr);
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *create_monitor_event(struct hci_dev *hdev, int event)
 		if (!skb)
 			return NULL;
 
-		ii = (void *)skb_put(skb, HCI_MON_INDEX_INFO_SIZE);
+		ii = skb_put(skb, HCI_MON_INDEX_INFO_SIZE);
 		bacpy(&ii->bdaddr, &hdev->bdaddr);
 		ii->manufacturer = cpu_to_le16(hdev->manufacturer);
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *create_monitor_ctrl_open(struct sock *sk)
 	put_unaligned_le16(format, skb_put(skb, 2));
 	skb_put_data(skb, ver, sizeof(ver));
 	put_unaligned_le32(flags, skb_put(skb, 4));
-	*skb_put(skb, 1) = TASK_COMM_LEN;
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = TASK_COMM_LEN;
 	skb_put_data(skb, hci_pi(sk)->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
 
 	__net_timestamp(skb);
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ send_monitor_note(struct sock *sk, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	vsprintf(skb_put(skb, len), fmt, args);
-	*skb_put(skb, 1) = 0;
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = 0;
 	va_end(args);
 
 	__net_timestamp(skb);
@@ -703,11 +703,11 @@ static void hci_si_event(struct hci_dev *hdev, int type, int dlen, void *data)
 	if (!skb)
 		return;
 
-	hdr = (void *)skb_put(skb, HCI_EVENT_HDR_SIZE);
+	hdr = skb_put(skb, HCI_EVENT_HDR_SIZE);
 	hdr->evt  = HCI_EV_STACK_INTERNAL;
 	hdr->plen = sizeof(*ev) + dlen;
 
-	ev  = (void *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*ev) + dlen);
+	ev = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*ev) + dlen);
 	ev->type = type;
 	memcpy(ev->data, data, dlen);
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
index 9e83713262e8..c0d0832a023d 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static int hidp_send_message(struct hidp_session *session, struct socket *sock,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	*skb_put(skb, 1) = hdr;
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = hdr;
 	if (data && size > 0)
 		skb_put_data(skb, data, size);
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index fe6a5529bdf5..303c779bfe38 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *l2cap_create_sframe_pdu(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 	if (!skb)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	lh = (struct l2cap_hdr *) skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
+	lh = skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
 	lh->len = cpu_to_le16(hlen - L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
 	lh->cid = cpu_to_le16(chan->dcid);
 
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *l2cap_create_connless_pdu(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 		return skb;
 
 	/* Create L2CAP header */
-	lh = (struct l2cap_hdr *) skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
+	lh = skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
 	lh->cid = cpu_to_le16(chan->dcid);
 	lh->len = cpu_to_le16(len + L2CAP_PSMLEN_SIZE);
 	put_unaligned(chan->psm, (__le16 *) skb_put(skb, L2CAP_PSMLEN_SIZE));
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *l2cap_create_basic_pdu(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 		return skb;
 
 	/* Create L2CAP header */
-	lh = (struct l2cap_hdr *) skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
+	lh = skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
 	lh->cid = cpu_to_le16(chan->dcid);
 	lh->len = cpu_to_le16(len);
 
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *l2cap_create_iframe_pdu(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 		return skb;
 
 	/* Create L2CAP header */
-	lh = (struct l2cap_hdr *) skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
+	lh = skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
 	lh->cid = cpu_to_le16(chan->dcid);
 	lh->len = cpu_to_le16(len + (hlen - L2CAP_HDR_SIZE));
 
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *l2cap_create_le_flowctl_pdu(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 		return skb;
 
 	/* Create L2CAP header */
-	lh = (struct l2cap_hdr *) skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
+	lh = skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
 	lh->cid = cpu_to_le16(chan->dcid);
 	lh->len = cpu_to_le16(len + (hlen - L2CAP_HDR_SIZE));
 
@@ -2908,7 +2908,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *l2cap_build_cmd(struct l2cap_conn *conn, u8 code,
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	lh = (struct l2cap_hdr *) skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
+	lh = skb_put(skb, L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);
 	lh->len = cpu_to_le16(L2CAP_CMD_HDR_SIZE + dlen);
 
 	if (conn->hcon->type == LE_LINK)
@@ -2916,7 +2916,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *l2cap_build_cmd(struct l2cap_conn *conn, u8 code,
 	else
 		lh->cid = cpu_to_le16(L2CAP_CID_SIGNALING);
 
-	cmd = (struct l2cap_cmd_hdr *) skb_put(skb, L2CAP_CMD_HDR_SIZE);
+	cmd = skb_put(skb, L2CAP_CMD_HDR_SIZE);
 	cmd->code  = code;
 	cmd->ident = ident;
 	cmd->len   = cpu_to_le16(dlen);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c
index 11d0ca64402b..d057113e0d4b 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int mgmt_send_event(u16 event, struct hci_dev *hdev, unsigned short channel,
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	hdr = (void *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
+	hdr = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
 	hdr->opcode = cpu_to_le16(event);
 	if (hdev)
 		hdr->index = cpu_to_le16(hdev->id);
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ int mgmt_cmd_status(struct sock *sk, u16 index, u16 cmd, u8 status)
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	hdr = (void *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
+	hdr = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
 
 	hdr->opcode = cpu_to_le16(MGMT_EV_CMD_STATUS);
 	hdr->index = cpu_to_le16(index);
 	hdr->len = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(*ev));
 
-	ev = (void *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(*ev));
+	ev = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*ev));
 	ev->status = status;
 	ev->opcode = cpu_to_le16(cmd);
 
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ int mgmt_cmd_complete(struct sock *sk, u16 index, u16 cmd, u8 status,
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	hdr = (void *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
+	hdr = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
 
 	hdr->opcode = cpu_to_le16(MGMT_EV_CMD_COMPLETE);
 	hdr->index = cpu_to_le16(index);
 	hdr->len = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(*ev) + rp_len);
 
-	ev = (void *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(*ev) + rp_len);
+	ev = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*ev) + rp_len);
 	ev->opcode = cpu_to_le16(cmd);
 	ev->status = status;
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
index 8ebca9033d60..1a9b906c5a35 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ static int rfcomm_queue_disc(struct rfcomm_dlc *d)
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	cmd = (void *) __skb_put(skb, sizeof(*cmd));
+	cmd = __skb_put(skb, sizeof(*cmd));
 	cmd->addr = d->addr;
 	cmd->ctrl = __ctrl(RFCOMM_DISC, 1);
 	cmd->len  = __len8(0);
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index 8860ad985d68..b8bcf9021329 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -2714,7 +2714,7 @@ static void pktgen_finalize_skb(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct timeval timestamp;
 	struct pktgen_hdr *pgh;
 
-	pgh = (struct pktgen_hdr *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*pgh));
+	pgh = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*pgh));
 	datalen -= sizeof(*pgh);
 
 	if (pkt_dev->nfrags <= 0) {
@@ -2845,33 +2845,34 @@ static struct sk_buff *fill_packet_ipv4(struct net_device *odev,
 
 	/*  Reserve for ethernet and IP header  */
 	eth = (__u8 *) skb_push(skb, 14);
-	mpls = (__be32 *)skb_put(skb, pkt_dev->nr_labels*sizeof(__u32));
+	mpls = skb_put(skb, pkt_dev->nr_labels * sizeof(__u32));
 	if (pkt_dev->nr_labels)
 		mpls_push(mpls, pkt_dev);
 
 	if (pkt_dev->vlan_id != 0xffff) {
 		if (pkt_dev->svlan_id != 0xffff) {
-			svlan_tci = (__be16 *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
+			svlan_tci = skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
 			*svlan_tci = build_tci(pkt_dev->svlan_id,
 					       pkt_dev->svlan_cfi,
 					       pkt_dev->svlan_p);
-			svlan_encapsulated_proto = (__be16 *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
+			svlan_encapsulated_proto = skb_put(skb,
+							   sizeof(__be16));
 			*svlan_encapsulated_proto = htons(ETH_P_8021Q);
 		}
-		vlan_tci = (__be16 *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
+		vlan_tci = skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
 		*vlan_tci = build_tci(pkt_dev->vlan_id,
 				      pkt_dev->vlan_cfi,
 				      pkt_dev->vlan_p);
-		vlan_encapsulated_proto = (__be16 *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
+		vlan_encapsulated_proto = skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
 		*vlan_encapsulated_proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
 	}
 
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb_set_network_header(skb, skb->len);
-	iph = (struct iphdr *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr));
+	iph = skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr));
 
 	skb_set_transport_header(skb, skb->len);
-	udph = (struct udphdr *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
+	udph = skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
 	skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, queue_map);
 	skb->priority = pkt_dev->skb_priority;
 
@@ -2972,33 +2973,34 @@ static struct sk_buff *fill_packet_ipv6(struct net_device *odev,
 
 	/*  Reserve for ethernet and IP header  */
 	eth = (__u8 *) skb_push(skb, 14);
-	mpls = (__be32 *)skb_put(skb, pkt_dev->nr_labels*sizeof(__u32));
+	mpls = skb_put(skb, pkt_dev->nr_labels * sizeof(__u32));
 	if (pkt_dev->nr_labels)
 		mpls_push(mpls, pkt_dev);
 
 	if (pkt_dev->vlan_id != 0xffff) {
 		if (pkt_dev->svlan_id != 0xffff) {
-			svlan_tci = (__be16 *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
+			svlan_tci = skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
 			*svlan_tci = build_tci(pkt_dev->svlan_id,
 					       pkt_dev->svlan_cfi,
 					       pkt_dev->svlan_p);
-			svlan_encapsulated_proto = (__be16 *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
+			svlan_encapsulated_proto = skb_put(skb,
+							   sizeof(__be16));
 			*svlan_encapsulated_proto = htons(ETH_P_8021Q);
 		}
-		vlan_tci = (__be16 *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
+		vlan_tci = skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
 		*vlan_tci = build_tci(pkt_dev->vlan_id,
 				      pkt_dev->vlan_cfi,
 				      pkt_dev->vlan_p);
-		vlan_encapsulated_proto = (__be16 *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
+		vlan_encapsulated_proto = skb_put(skb, sizeof(__be16));
 		*vlan_encapsulated_proto = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 	}
 
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb_set_network_header(skb, skb->len);
-	iph = (struct ipv6hdr *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+	iph = skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 
 	skb_set_transport_header(skb, skb->len);
-	udph = (struct udphdr *) skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
+	udph = skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
 	skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, queue_map);
 	skb->priority = pkt_dev->skb_priority;
 
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index c4d2c1f824bb..0baa7f2dd8ef 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_pad);
  *	returned.
  */
 
-unsigned char *pskb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff *tail, int len)
+void *pskb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff *tail, int len)
 {
 	if (tail != skb) {
 		skb->data_len += len;
@@ -1440,9 +1440,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pskb_put);
  *	exceed the total buffer size the kernel will panic. A pointer to the
  *	first byte of the extra data is returned.
  */
-unsigned char *skb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+void *skb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
-	unsigned char *tmp = skb_tail_pointer(skb);
+	void *tmp = skb_tail_pointer(skb);
 	SKB_LINEAR_ASSERT(skb);
 	skb->tail += len;
 	skb->len  += len;
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
index 9017a9a73ab5..1d84f6dae315 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ static void dn_send_endnode_hello(struct net_device *dev, struct dn_ifaddr *ifa)
 
 	skb->dev = dev;
 
-	msg = (struct endnode_hello_message *)skb_put(skb,sizeof(*msg));
+	msg = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*msg));
 
 	msg->msgflg  = 0x0D;
 	memcpy(msg->tiver, dn_eco_version, 3);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_nsp_out.c b/net/decnet/dn_nsp_out.c
index b8a558715395..7e054b2f270a 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_nsp_out.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_nsp_out.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ void dn_send_conn_ack (struct sock *sk)
 	if ((skb = dn_alloc_skb(sk, 3, sk->sk_allocation)) == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	msg = (struct nsp_conn_ack_msg *)skb_put(skb, 3);
+	msg = skb_put(skb, 3);
 	msg->msgflg = 0x24;
 	msg->dstaddr = scp->addrrem;
 
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void dn_send_conn_conf(struct sock *sk, gfp_t gfp)
 	if ((skb = dn_alloc_skb(sk, 50 + len, gfp)) == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	msg = (struct nsp_conn_init_msg *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*msg));
+	msg = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*msg));
 	msg->msgflg = 0x28;
 	msg->dstaddr = scp->addrrem;
 	msg->srcaddr = scp->addrloc;
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ void dn_send_conn_conf(struct sock *sk, gfp_t gfp)
 	msg->info = scp->info_loc;
 	msg->segsize = cpu_to_le16(scp->segsize_loc);
 
-	*skb_put(skb,1) = len;
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = len;
 
 	if (len > 0)
 		skb_put_data(skb, scp->conndata_out.opt_data, len);
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ void dn_nsp_send_conninit(struct sock *sk, unsigned char msgflg)
 		return;
 
 	cb  = DN_SKB_CB(skb);
-	msg = (struct nsp_conn_init_msg *)skb_put(skb,sizeof(*msg));
+	msg = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*msg));
 
 	msg->msgflg	= msgflg;
 	msg->dstaddr	= 0x0000;		/* Remote Node will assign it*/
@@ -686,25 +686,25 @@ void dn_nsp_send_conninit(struct sock *sk, unsigned char msgflg)
 	if (scp->peer.sdn_flags & SDF_UICPROXY)
 		menuver |= DN_MENUVER_UIC;
 
-	*skb_put(skb, 1) = menuver;	/* Menu Version		*/
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = menuver;	/* Menu Version		*/
 
 	aux = scp->accessdata.acc_userl;
-	*skb_put(skb, 1) = aux;
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = aux;
 	if (aux > 0)
 		skb_put_data(skb, scp->accessdata.acc_user, aux);
 
 	aux = scp->accessdata.acc_passl;
-	*skb_put(skb, 1) = aux;
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = aux;
 	if (aux > 0)
 		skb_put_data(skb, scp->accessdata.acc_pass, aux);
 
 	aux = scp->accessdata.acc_accl;
-	*skb_put(skb, 1) = aux;
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = aux;
 	if (aux > 0)
 		skb_put_data(skb, scp->accessdata.acc_acc, aux);
 
 	aux = (__u8)le16_to_cpu(scp->conndata_out.opt_optl);
-	*skb_put(skb, 1) = aux;
+	*(u8 *)skb_put(skb, 1) = aux;
 	if (aux > 0)
 		skb_put_data(skb, scp->conndata_out.opt_data, aux);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index a651c53260ec..8b52179ddc6e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ struct sk_buff *arp_create(int type, int ptype, __be32 dest_ip,
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, hlen);
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-	arp = (struct arphdr *) skb_put(skb, arp_hdr_len(dev));
+	arp = skb_put(skb, arp_hdr_len(dev));
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
 	if (!src_hw)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/igmp.c b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
index 8f6b5bbcbf69..2202edf31884 100644
--- a/