This is the patch to the cciss_scsi.c file that resolves following warning reported by coccicheck: WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *) is useless. Signed-off-by: Punit Vara <punitvara@xxxxxxxxx> --- 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 1537302..4c27032 100644 --- a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c @@ -703,8 +703,7 @@ 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; -- 2.5.3 -- 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