[PATCH] octeon_ep: Remove useless casting value returned by vzalloc to structure

[PATCH] octeon_ep: Remove useless casting value returned by vzalloc to structure

[Jules Irenge]

coccinelle reports a warning

WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation
function to (struct octep_rx_buffer *) is useless.

To fix this the useless cast is removed.

Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
index d9ae0937d17a..392d9b0da0d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ static int octep_setup_oq(struct octep_device *oct, int q_no)
 		goto desc_dma_alloc_err;
 	}
 
-	oq->buff_info = (struct octep_rx_buffer *)
-			vzalloc(oq->max_count * OCTEP_OQ_RECVBUF_SIZE);
+	oq->buff_info = vzalloc(oq->max_count * OCTEP_OQ_RECVBUF_SIZE);
 	if (unlikely(!oq->buff_info)) {
 		dev_err(&oct->pdev->dev,
 			"Failed to allocate buffer info for OQ-%d\n", q_no);
-- 
2.35.1

Re: [PATCH] octeon_ep: Remove useless casting value returned by vzalloc to structure

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 23:03:27 +0100 you wrote:
> coccinelle reports a warning
> 
> WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation
> function to (struct octep_rx_buffer *) is useless.
> 
> To fix this the useless cast is removed.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - octeon_ep: Remove useless casting value returned by vzalloc to structure
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ed48cfedf1e2

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