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 change 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/hid/hid-lg4ff.c b/drivers/hid/hid-lg4ff.c --- a/drivers/hid/hid-lg4ff.c 2011-11-07 19:37:44.816570939 +0100 +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-lg4ff.c 2011-11-08 09:03:29.394045138 +0100 @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ int lg4ff_init(struct hid_device *hid) } /* Add the device to device_list */ - entry = (struct lg4ff_device_entry *)kzalloc(sizeof(struct lg4ff_device_entry), GFP_KERNEL); + entry = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lg4ff_device_entry), GFP_KERNEL); if (!entry) { hid_err(hid, "Cannot add device, insufficient memory.\n"); return -ENOMEM; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
