linux-kernel - [PATCH 26/30] md: vmalloc() returns void pointer so we don't need to cast it in dm-ioctl

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:30:43 +0200
From:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 26/30] md: vmalloc() returns void pointer so we don't need to cast it in dm-ioctl

In drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c::copy_params() there's a call to vmalloc()
where we currently cast the return value, but that's pretty pointles
given that vmalloc() returns "void *".

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index b441d82..efbf9b6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl **param)
 	if (tmp.data_size < sizeof(tmp))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dmi = (struct dm_ioctl *) vmalloc(tmp.data_size);
+	dmi = vmalloc(tmp.data_size);
 	if (!dmi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
1.5.2.2

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