Casting (void *) value returned by kmalloc is useless as mentioned in Documentation/CodingStyle, Chap 14. Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@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 891c86b..896a57d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -3093,8 +3093,7 @@ 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; -- 1.8.4 -- 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