[PATCH 09/30] mtd: Don't cast kmalloc() return value in drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Fri Aug 24 06:41:06 EDT 2007


On Friday 24 August 2007 00:52, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> kmalloc() returns a void pointer.
> No need to cast it.

> -	msp_flash = (struct mtd_info **)kmalloc(
> -			fcnt * sizeof(struct map_info *), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	msp_parts = (struct mtd_partition **)kmalloc(
> -			fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition *), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	msp_maps = (struct map_info *)kmalloc(
> -			fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	msp_flash = kmalloc(fcnt * sizeof(struct map_info *), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	msp_parts = kmalloc(fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition *), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	msp_maps = kmalloc(fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_info), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	memset(msp_maps, 0, fcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_info));

This one wants kzalloc.

> -		msp_parts[i] = (struct mtd_partition *)kmalloc(
> -			pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		msp_parts[i] = kmalloc(pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition),
> +			GFP_KERNEL);
>  		memset(msp_parts[i], 0, pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition));
>
>  		/* now initialize the devices proper */

Same
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