From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:02:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: zd1211rw: document need for kmalloc cast
X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~7613^2~3122^2~421
X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=47c05314328d9c40f6006783dc4c1e3080bd2914;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git

zd1211rw: document need for kmalloc cast

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c
index 87a95bcfee57..dd0bb0cc22d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c
@@ -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) {