Use the same type declared in the prototypes of functions that are going to accept the buffer as parameter. Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ao2@xxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-sony.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c b/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c index a419868..4a50e65 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c @@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ static int sixaxis_set_operational_usb(struct hid_device *hdev) int ret; const int buf_size = max(SIXAXIS_REPORT_0xF2_SIZE, SIXAXIS_REPORT_0xF5_SIZE); - char *buf = kmalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL); + __u8 *buf = kmalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.1.4 -- 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