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/rts_pstor/spi.c b/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/spi.c --- a/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/spi.c 2011-05-27 19:17:05.999541117 +0200 +++ b/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/spi.c 2011-08-01 19:57:11.534038755 +0200 @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ int spi_read_flash_id(struct scsi_cmnd * } if (len) { - buf = (u8 *)kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) TRACE_RET(chip, STATUS_ERROR); _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
