From a5232bde8449b28230f767e8b558021bb5d08e5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Meyer Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:27:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] staging: rts_pstor: dont cast void* from kmalloc() Casting (void *) value returned by kmalloc is useless as mentioned in Documentation/CodingStyle, Chap 14. The semantic patch that makes this output is available in scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci. More information about semantic patching is available at http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx_scsi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx_scsi.c b/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx_scsi.c index 7de1fae443fc..f2e5842d4c90 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx_scsi.c @@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ static int get_ms_information(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct rtsx_chip *chip) buf_len = data_len = 0x6A; } - buf = (u8 *)kmalloc(buf_len, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kmalloc(buf_len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) { TRACE_RET(chip, TRANSPORT_ERROR); } -- 2.34.1