[PATCH V2 linux-next] fs/ufs/super.c: remove unnecessary casting

From: Fabian Frederick
Date: Sun Dec 28 2014 - 13:14:04 EST


Fix the following coccinelle warning:
fs/ufs/super.c:1418:7-28: WARNING: casting value returned by memory
allocation function to (struct ufs_inode_info *) is useless.

Cc: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
V2: separate declaration from allocation (suggested by Joe Perches)

fs/ufs/super.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index da73801..e515e99 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -1415,9 +1415,11 @@ static struct kmem_cache * ufs_inode_cachep;
static struct inode *ufs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
{
struct ufs_inode_info *ei;
- ei = (struct ufs_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(ufs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+
+ ei = kmem_cache_alloc(ufs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
if (!ei)
return NULL;
+
ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
return &ei->vfs_inode;
}
--
2.1.0

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