kmalloc() returns a void pointer - no need to cast it in drivers/scsi/hpsa.c::hpsa_big_passthru_ioctl() Signed-off-by: Firo Yang <firogm@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c index 8eab107..e7d3444b 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -4992,8 +4992,7 @@ static int hpsa_big_passthru_ioctl(struct ctlr_info *h, void __user *argp) return -EINVAL; if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EPERM; - ioc = (BIG_IOCTL_Command_struct *) - kmalloc(sizeof(*ioc), GFP_KERNEL); + ioc = kmalloc(sizeof(*ioc), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ioc) { status = -ENOMEM; goto cleanup1; -- 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