Thanks Julia, we have added your patch to our local repository and will submit it for upstream integration. > From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > Drop cast on the result of kmalloc and similar functions. > > The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // <smpl> > @@ > type T; > @@ > > - (T *) > (\(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmem_cache_alloc\|kmem_cache_zalloc\| > kmem_cache_alloc_node\|kmalloc_node\|kzalloc_node\)(...)) > // </smpl> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > --- > drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c | 6 ++---- > drivers/s390/net/ctcm_mpc.c | 6 ++---- > drivers/s390/net/lcs.c | 3 +-- > drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c | 2 +- > 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c > b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c > index e35713d..4ecafbf 100644 > --- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c > +++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c > @@ -1364,8 +1364,7 @@ static int add_channel(struct ccw_device *cdev, > enum ctcm_channel_types type, > > ch->protocol = priv->protocol; > if (IS_MPC(priv)) { > - ch->discontact_th = (struct > th_header *) > - > kzalloc(TH_HEADER_LENGTH, gfp_type()); > + ch->discontact_th = > kzalloc(TH_HEADER_LENGTH, gfp_type()); > if (ch->discontact_th == NULL) > > goto nomem_return; > > @@ -1379,8 +1378,7 @@ static int add_channel(struct ccw_device *cdev, > enum ctcm_channel_types type, > } else > ccw_num = 8; > > - ch->ccw = (struct ccw1 *) > - kzalloc(ccw_num * sizeof(struct > ccw1), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA); > + ch->ccw = kzalloc(ccw_num * sizeof(struct ccw1), > GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA); > if (ch->ccw == NULL) > > goto nomem_return; > > diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_mpc.c b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_mpc.c > index 5978b39..87c24d2 100644 > --- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_mpc.c > +++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_mpc.c > @@ -669,8 +669,7 @@ static void ctcmpc_send_sweep_resp(struct channel > *rch) > > goto done; > } > > - header = (struct th_sweep *) > - > kmalloc(sizeof(struct th_sweep), gfp_type()); > + header = kmalloc(sizeof(struct th_sweep), > gfp_type()); > > if (!header) { > dev_kfree_skb_any(sweep_skb); > @@ -1191,8 +1190,7 @@ static void ctcmpc_unpack_skb(struct channel > *ch, struct sk_buff *pskb) > skb_pull(pskb, > new_len); /* point to next PDU */ > } > } else { > - mpcginfo = (struct mpcg_info *) > - > kmalloc(sizeof(struct mpcg_info), gfp_type()); > + mpcginfo = kmalloc(sizeof(struct > mpcg_info), gfp_type()); > if (mpcginfo == NULL) > > goto done; > > diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c > index 9b19ea1..0f19d54 100644 > --- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c > +++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c > @@ -1238,8 +1238,7 @@ lcs_set_mc_addresses(struct lcs_card *card, > struct in_device *in4_dev) > ipm = lcs_check_addr_entry(card, > im4, buf); > if (ipm != NULL) > continue; > /* Address already in list. */ > - ipm = (struct lcs_ipm_list *) > - > kzalloc(sizeof(struct lcs_ipm_list), GFP_ATOMIC); > + ipm = kzalloc(sizeof(struct > lcs_ipm_list), GFP_ATOMIC); > if (ipm == NULL) { > pr_info("Not enough > memory to add" > " > new multicast entry!\n"); > diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c > b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c > index 3ba738b..065a3fa 100644 > --- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c > +++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c > @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int qeth_setup_channel(struct qeth_channel > *channel) > > QETH_DBF_TEXT(SETUP, 2, "setupch"); > for (cnt = 0; cnt < QETH_CMD_BUFFER_NO; cnt++) { > - channel->iob[cnt].data = (char *) > + channel->iob[cnt].data = > > kmalloc(QETH_BUFSIZE, GFP_DMA|GFP_KERNEL); > if (channel->iob[cnt].data == NULL) > break; > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html