From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031259AbdAKSlQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:41:16 -0500 Received: from mail-oi0-f65.google.com ([209.85.218.65]:35771 "EHLO mail-oi0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753385AbdAKSlO (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:41:14 -0500 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" X-Google-Original-From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:41:05 -0600 To: don.brace@microsemi.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: esc.storagedev@microsemi.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] drivers: block: Remove unnecessary cast Message-ID: <20170111184105.GA10766@embeddedgus> Reply-To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@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