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* [PATCH] [emu10k1]: remove the kcallloc cast (reported from make coccicheck's drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci)
@ 2012-05-24 14:02 Devendra Naga
  2012-05-25  6:04 ` Takashi Iwai
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Devendra Naga @ 2012-05-24 14:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai, alsa-devel, linux-kernel; +Cc: Devendra Naga

Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@gmail.com>
---
 sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c
index dae4050..272f8ac 100644
--- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c
+++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ static int __devinit _snd_emu10k1_init_efx(struct snd_emu10k1 *emu)
 
 	if ((icode = kzalloc(sizeof(*icode), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if ((icode->gpr_map = (u_int32_t __user *)
+	if ((icode->gpr_map =
 	     kcalloc(256 + 160 + 160 + 2 * 512, sizeof(u_int32_t),
 		     GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL ||
             (controls = kcalloc(SND_EMU10K1_GPR_CONTROLS,
-- 
1.7.9.5


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* Re: [PATCH] [emu10k1]: remove the kcallloc cast (reported from make coccicheck's drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci)
  2012-05-24 14:02 [PATCH] [emu10k1]: remove the kcallloc cast (reported from make coccicheck's drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci) Devendra Naga
@ 2012-05-25  6:04 ` Takashi Iwai
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Takashi Iwai @ 2012-05-25  6:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Devendra Naga; +Cc: Jaroslav Kysela, alsa-devel, linux-kernel

At Thu, 24 May 2012 19:32:29 +0530,
Devendra Naga wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@gmail.com>

I don't think removing it improves anything much.
It's cast to __user pointer, and this rather helps to catch the
caution.


thanks,

Takashi

> ---
>  sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c
> index dae4050..272f8ac 100644
> --- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c
> +++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emufx.c
> @@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ static int __devinit _snd_emu10k1_init_efx(struct snd_emu10k1 *emu)
>  
>  	if ((icode = kzalloc(sizeof(*icode), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	if ((icode->gpr_map = (u_int32_t __user *)
> +	if ((icode->gpr_map =
>  	     kcalloc(256 + 160 + 160 + 2 * 512, sizeof(u_int32_t),
>  		     GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL ||
>              (controls = kcalloc(SND_EMU10K1_GPR_CONTROLS,
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 

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