Remove unnecessary typecast in kzalloc function. In addition to that replace kzalloc(sizeof(*acd)) over kzalloc(sizeof(struct aio_cb_data)) to maintain Linux kernel style. Issue suggested by Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Madhumitha Prabakaran <madhumithabiw@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c b/drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c index 5741d2b49a7d..c24329affd3a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c +++ b/drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int kpc_dma_transfer(struct dev_private_data *priv, struct kiocb *kcb, unsigned dev_dbg(&priv->ldev->pldev->dev, "kpc_dma_transfer(priv = [%p], kcb = [%p], iov_base = [%p], iov_len = %ld) ldev = [%p]\n", priv, kcb, (void*)iov_base, iov_len, ldev); - acd = (struct aio_cb_data *) kzalloc(sizeof(struct aio_cb_data), GFP_KERNEL); + acd = kzalloc(sizeof(*acd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!acd){ dev_err(&priv->ldev->pldev->dev, "Couldn't kmalloc space for for the aio data\n"); return -ENOMEM; -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel