linux-kernel - Re: Make checkpatch warn about pointless casting of kalloc returns.

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Date:	Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:27:52 -0500
From:	jschopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, jschopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	apw@...dowen.org, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Make checkpatch warn about pointless casting of kalloc returns.

>  > > +			WARN("No need to cast return value.\n");
>  > 
>  > Could the warning be more descriptive?  This describes what, but it should also describe 
>  > why; after all if somebody made this error they may not know they why.
> 
> I'm open to suggestions..

How about

WARN("No need to cast return value, it is unnecessary and can hide real bugs.  See 
http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html for more details\n");
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