[PATCH] wifi: ath11k: Introduce and use ath11k_sta_to_arsta()

[Kalle Valo]

Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com> wrote:

> Currently, the logic to return an ath11k_sta pointer, given a
> ieee80211_sta pointer, uses typecasting throughout the driver. In
> general, conversion functions are preferable to typecasting since
> using a conversion function allows the compiler to validate the types
> of both the input and output parameters.
> 
> ath11k already defines a conversion function ath11k_vif_to_arvif() for
> a similar conversion. So introduce ath11k_sta_to_arsta() for this use
> case, and convert all of the existing typecasting to use this
> function.
> 
> No functional changes, compile tested only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

10c65f97b424 wifi: ath11k: Introduce and use ath11k_sta_to_arsta()

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