Re: [PATCH] fs: proc: inode.c: remove unnecessary type cast

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Wed Feb 11 2015 - 09:06:04 EST


Bas Peters <baspeters93@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Issue was detected using Coccinelle.

I believe Al Viro wrote that deliberately.

> Signed-off-by: Bas Peters <baspeters93@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/proc/inode.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
> index 8420a2f..e16ee87 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
> struct proc_inode *ei;
> struct inode *inode;
>
> - ei = (struct proc_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> + ei = kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!ei)
> return NULL;
> ei->pid = NULL;

Eric
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