The patch titled uml: remove unneeded void * cast has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is uml-remove-unneeded-void-cast.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: uml: remove unneeded void * cast From: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx> vmalloc() returns a void pointer, so casting to (void *) is pretty pointless. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c~uml-remove-unneeded-void-cast arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c --- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c~uml-remove-unneeded-void-cast +++ a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c @@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static int ubd_open_dev(struct ubd *ubd_ blk_queue_max_sectors(ubd_dev->queue, 8 * sizeof(long)); err = -ENOMEM; - ubd_dev->cow.bitmap = (void *) vmalloc(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap_len); + ubd_dev->cow.bitmap = vmalloc(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap_len); if(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap == NULL){ printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to vmalloc COW bitmap\n"); goto error; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx are uml-use-correct-type-in-blkgetsize-ioctl.patch git-kvm.patch hostfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch uml-move-userspace-code-to-userspace-file.patch uml-tidy-recently-moved-code.patch uml-fix-error-cleanup-ordering.patch uml-console-subsystem-tidying.patch uml-fix-console-writing-bugs.patch uml-console-tidying.patch uml-stop-using-libc-asm-pageh.patch uml-fix-an-ipv6-libc-vs-kernel-symbol-clash.patch uml-fix-nonremovability-of-watchdog.patch uml-stop-specially-protecting-kernel-stacks.patch uml-stop-saving-process-fp-state.patch uml-physmem-code-tidying.patch uml-add-vde-networking-support.patch uml-remove-unnecessary-hostfs_getattr.patch uml-throw-out-config_mode_tt.patch uml-remove-sysdep-threadh.patch uml-style-fixes-pass-1.patch uml-throw-out-choose_mode.patch uml-style-fixes-pass-2.patch uml-remove-code-made-redundant-by-choose_mode-removal.patch uml-style-fixes-pass-3.patch uml-remove-__u64-usage-from-physical-memory-subsystem.patch uml-get-rid-of-do_longjmp.patch uml-fold-mmu_context_skas-into-mm_context.patch uml-rename-pt_regs-general-purpose-register-file.patch uml-free-ldt-state-on-process-exit.patch uml-remove-os_-usage-from-userspace-files.patch uml-replace-clone-with-fork.patch uml-fix-inlines.patch uml-userspace-files-should-call-libc-directly.patch uml-clean-up-tlb-flush-path.patch uml-remove-unneeded-if-from-hostfs.patch uml-fix-hostfs-style.patch uml-dont-use-glibc-asm-userh.patch uml-floating-point-signal-delivery-fixes.patch uml-ptrace-floating-point-fixes.patch uml-coredumping-floating-point-fixes.patch uml-sysrq-and-mconsole-fixes.patch uml-style-fixes-in-fp-code.patch uml-eliminate-floating-point-state-from-register-file.patch uml-remove-unneeded-void-cast.patch uml-remove-unused-file.patch uml-more-idiomatic-parameter-parsing.patch bitops-introduce-lock-ops.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html