The assignment operator implicitly converts a void pointer to the type of the pointer it is assigned to. 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 <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c index b35871e..18a8694 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c +++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_buffer_mgr.c @@ -1725,8 +1725,7 @@ int ssi_buffer_mgr_init(struct ssi_drvdata *drvdata) struct buff_mgr_handle *buff_mgr_handle; struct device *dev = &drvdata->plat_dev->dev; - buff_mgr_handle = (struct buff_mgr_handle *) - kmalloc(sizeof(struct buff_mgr_handle), GFP_KERNEL); + buff_mgr_handle = kmalloc(sizeof(struct buff_mgr_handle), GFP_KERNEL); if (!buff_mgr_handle) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.5.0
