From: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> Casting (void *) value returned by kmalloc is useless as mentioned in Documentation/CodingStyle, Chap 14. The semantic patch that makes this output is available in scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci. More information about semantic patching is available at http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c --- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c 2011-07-26 00:46:09.646838687 +0200 +++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c 2011-08-01 19:56:17.237666237 +0200 @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ void card_send_command(struct ft1000_dev DEBUG("card_send_command: enter card_send_command... size=%d\n", size); - commandbuf = (unsigned char *)kmalloc(size + 2, GFP_KERNEL); + commandbuf = kmalloc(size + 2, GFP_KERNEL); memcpy((void *)commandbuf + 2, (void *)ptempbuffer, size); ft1000_read_register(ft1000dev, &temp, FT1000_REG_DOORBELL); _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel