Casting (void *) value returned by kzalloc is useless as mentioned in Documentation/CodingStyle, Chap 14. Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c index 71d2b83..7f31ab5 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c @@ -498,16 +498,14 @@ static int dgnc_found_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id) unsigned long flags; /* get the board structure and prep it */ - brd = dgnc_Board[dgnc_NumBoards] = - (struct board_t *) kzalloc(sizeof(struct board_t), GFP_KERNEL); + brd = dgnc_Board[dgnc_NumBoards] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct board_t), GFP_KERNEL); if (!brd) { APR(("memory allocation for board structure failed\n")); return(-ENOMEM); } /* make a temporary message buffer for the boot messages */ - brd->msgbuf = brd->msgbuf_head = - (char *) kzalloc(sizeof(char) * 8192, GFP_KERNEL); + brd->msgbuf = brd->msgbuf_head = kzalloc(sizeof(char) * 8192, GFP_KERNEL); if (!brd->msgbuf) { kfree(brd); APR(("memory allocation for board msgbuf failed\n")); -- 1.8.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel