From: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> Casting (void *) value returned by kmalloc is useless as mentioned in Documentation/CodingStyle, Chap 14. The semantic patch that makes this output is available in scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci. More information about semantic patching is available at http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h --- a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h 2011-07-26 00:46:11.646827854 +0200 +++ b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h 2011-08-01 19:40:06.389592439 +0200 @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ for (pos = chunk->subh.fwdtsn_hdr->skip; #define WORD_ROUND(s) (((s)+3)&~3) /* Make a new instance of type. */ -#define t_new(type, flags) (type *)kzalloc(sizeof(type), flags) +#define t_new(type, flags) kzalloc(sizeof(type), flags) /* Compare two timevals. */ #define tv_lt(s, t) \ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sctp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
