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[PATCH] block: remove useless casting value returned by kmalloc to structure

Started byPunit Vara <punitvara@gmail.com>
First post2015-10-24 14:20 +0200
Last post2015-10-25 04:30 +0100
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  [PATCH] block: remove useless casting value returned by kmalloc to structure Punit Vara <punitvara@gmail.com> - 2015-10-24 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] block: remove useless casting value returned by kmalloc to structure "Matthew R. Ochs" <mrochs@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-10-25 04:30 +0100

#1255172 — [PATCH] block: remove useless casting value returned by kmalloc to structure

FromPunit Vara <punitvara@gmail.com>
Date2015-10-24 14:20 +0200
Subject[PATCH] block: remove useless casting value returned by kmalloc to structure
Message-ID<qn5XI-8si-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
This is the patch to the cciss_scsi.c file that resolves following warning
reported by coccicheck:

WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (struct
cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *) is useless.

Signed-off-by: Punit Vara <punitvara@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
index 1537302..4c27032 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
@@ -703,8 +703,7 @@ cciss_scsi_setup(ctlr_info_t *h)
 	struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t * shba;
 
 	ccissscsi[h->ctlr].ndevices = 0;
-	shba = (struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *)
-		kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL);	
+	shba = kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (shba == NULL)
 		return;
 	shba->scsi_host = NULL;
-- 
2.5.3

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From"Matthew R. Ochs" <mrochs@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date2015-10-25 04:30 +0100
Message-ID<qnkam-3Af-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1255172
Reviewed-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mrochs@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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