Drop cast on the result of kmem_cache_alloc. The Coccinelle semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: // <smpl> @@ type T; @@ - (T *) (\(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmem_cache_alloc\|kmem_cache_zalloc\| kmem_cache_alloc_node\|kmalloc_node\|kzalloc_node\)(...)) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> --- fs/reiserfs/super.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c index 9fb2042..3902028 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c @@ -568,8 +568,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *reiserfs_inode_cachep; static struct inode *reiserfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) { struct reiserfs_inode_info *ei; - ei = (struct reiserfs_inode_info *) - kmem_cache_alloc(reiserfs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); + ei = kmem_cache_alloc(reiserfs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (!ei) return NULL; atomic_set(&ei->openers, 0); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html