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/rtsx_scsi.c b/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx_scsi.c --- a/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx_scsi.c 2011-05-05 20:48:37.168211054 +0200 +++ b/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx_scsi.c 2011-08-01 19:57:16.027347746 +0200 @@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ static int get_ms_information(struct scs buf_len = data_len = 0x6A; } - buf = (u8 *)kmalloc(buf_len, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kmalloc(buf_len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) { TRACE_RET(chip, TRANSPORT_ERROR); } _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
