static void iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(
        struct hash_desc *hash,
-       unsigned char *buf,
+       const void *buf,
        u32 payload_length,
        u32 padding,
        u8 *pad_bytes,
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)hdr, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, hdr,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                cmd->tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                pr_debug("Attaching CRC32C HeaderDigest to"
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)cmd->pdu, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, cmd->pdu,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                iov[0].iov_len += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)&cmd->pdu[0], ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, &cmd->pdu[0],
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                iov[0].iov_len += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)hdr, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, hdr,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                pr_debug("Attaching CRC32C HeaderDigest to"
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)hdr, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, hdr,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                iov[0].iov_len += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)hdr, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, hdr,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                cmd->iov_misc[0].iov_len += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)cmd->pdu, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, cmd->pdu,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                iov[0].iov_len += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)hdr, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, hdr,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                cmd->iov_misc[0].iov_len += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)hdr, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, hdr,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                iov[0].iov_len += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
        if (conn->conn_ops->HeaderDigest) {
                u32 *header_digest = (u32 *)&cmd->pdu[ISCSI_HDR_LEN];
 
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)hdr, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, hdr,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)header_digest);
 
                iov[0].iov_len += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
                tx_size += ISCSI_CRC_LEN;
        }
 
        if (conn->conn_ops->DataDigest) {
-               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash,
-                               (unsigned char *)cmd->buf_ptr, ISCSI_HDR_LEN,
-                               0, NULL, (u8 *)&cmd->data_crc);
+               iscsit_do_crypto_hash_buf(&conn->conn_tx_hash, cmd->buf_ptr,
+                               ISCSI_HDR_LEN, 0, NULL, (u8 *)&cmd->data_crc);
 
                iov[iov_count].iov_base = &cmd->data_crc;
                iov[iov_count++].iov_len  = ISCSI_CRC_LEN;