From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Subject: [PATCH] drivers: block: Remove unnecessary cast Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:41:05 -0600 Message-ID: <20170111184105.GA10766@embeddedgus> Reply-To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: don.brace@microsemi.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: esc.storagedev@microsemi.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch: @@ expression * e; expression arg1, arg2; type T; @@ - e = (T *) + e = kmalloc(arg1, arg2); Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva --- drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c index a18de9d..98ba8fc 100644 --- a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c @@ -647,8 +647,7 @@ cciss_scsi_setup(ctlr_info_t *h) struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t * shba; ccissscsi[h->ctlr].ndevices = 0; - shba = (struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *) - kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL); + shba = kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL); if (shba == NULL) return; shba->scsi_host = NULL; -- 2.5.0