This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch: @@ expression * e; expression arg1, arg2; type T; @@ - e = (T *) + e = kmalloc(arg1, arg2); Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c index a18de9d..98ba8fc 100644 --- a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c @@ -647,8 +647,7 @@ cciss_scsi_setup(ctlr_info_t *h) struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t * shba; ccissscsi[h->ctlr].ndevices = 0; - shba = (struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *) - kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL); + shba = kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL); if (shba == NULL) return; shba->scsi_host = NULL; -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
