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/altera-stapl/altera.c b/drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c --- a/drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c 2011-07-28 15:32:17.809920700 +0200 +++ b/drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c 2011-08-01 19:58:10.467052822 +0200 @@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ static int altera_get_act_info(u8 *p, act_proc_attribute = (p[proc_table + (13 * act_proc_id) + 8] & 0x03); - procptr = (struct altera_procinfo *) + procptr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct altera_procinfo), GFP_KERNEL); _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
