linux-kernel - Re: [patch 11/28] PNP: whitespace/coding style fixes

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:56:23 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Adam Belay <ambx1@....rr.com>,
	Adam M Belay <abelay@....edu>,
	Li Shaohua <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	Matthieu Castet <castet.matthieu@...e.fr>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 11/28] PNP: whitespace/coding style fixes

On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 16:57 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> Index: work10/drivers/pnp/interface.c
> ===================================================================
> --- work10.orig/drivers/pnp/interface.c	2008-05-09 14:42:25.000000000 -0600
> +++ work10/drivers/pnp/interface.c	2008-05-09 14:45:57.000000000 -0600
> @@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ static ssize_t pnp_show_options(struct d
>  				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>  {
>  	struct pnp_dev *dev = to_pnp_dev(dmdev);
> +	pnp_info_buffer_t *buffer;
>  	struct pnp_option *independent = dev->independent;
>  	struct pnp_option *dependent = dev->dependent;
>  	int ret, dep = 1;
>  
> -	pnp_info_buffer_t *buffer = (pnp_info_buffer_t *)
> -	    pnp_alloc(sizeof(pnp_info_buffer_t));
> +	buffer = pnp_alloc(sizeof(pnp_info_buffer_t));
>  	if (!buffer)
>  		return -ENOMEM;

Wouldn't it be nicer without the unnecessary cast?

	pnp_info_buffer_t *buffer = pnp_alloc(sizeof(*buffer));

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