[PATCH] ks8*/ksz8*: Casting (void *) value returned by kmalloc isuseless
From: Thomas Meyer
Date: Fri Nov 18 2011 - 04:32:37 EST
The semantic patch that makes this change is available
in scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx>
---
diff -u -p a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c 2011-11-07 19:37:59.170122280 +0100
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c 2011-11-08 09:00:03.544702580 +0100
@@ -1500,8 +1500,7 @@ static int ks_hw_init(struct ks_net *ks)
ks->all_mcast = 0;
ks->mcast_lst_size = 0;
- ks->frame_head_info = (struct type_frame_head *) \
- kmalloc(MHEADER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ ks->frame_head_info = kmalloc(MHEADER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ks->frame_head_info) {
pr_err("Error: Fail to allocate frame memory\n");
return false;
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