zd1211rw: document need for kmalloc cast
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:02:59 +0000 (00:02 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:26:24 +0000 (17:26 -0800)
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c

index 87a95bcfee5735f593489cf52011068f4d92e0e1..dd0bb0cc22d994a067ae4b7b42259320eb1c7167 100644 (file)
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ int zd_ioread32v_locked(struct zd_chip *chip, u32 *values, const zd_addr_t *addr
 
        /* Allocate a single memory block for values and addresses. */
        count16 = 2*count;
+       /* zd_addr_t is __nocast, so the kmalloc needs an explicit cast */
        a16 = (zd_addr_t *) kmalloc(count16 * (sizeof(zd_addr_t) + sizeof(u16)),
                                   GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!a16) {