It is not necessary to cast the value returned by kmem_cache_alloc(), thus it can be deleted. This issue was detected using Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Bas Peters <baspeters93@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ufs/super.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c index da73801..1e4fbf7 100644 --- a/fs/ufs/super.c +++ b/fs/ufs/super.c @@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache * ufs_inode_cachep; static struct inode *ufs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) { struct ufs_inode_info *ei; - ei = (struct ufs_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(ufs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS); + ei = kmem_cache_alloc(ufs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS); if (!ei) return NULL; ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1; -- 2.1.0 -- 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