linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/17][trivial] x86: Remove unnecessary casts of void ptr returning alloc function return values

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Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:08:11 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	trivial@...nel.org, amd64-microcode@...64.org, x86@...nel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/17][trivial] x86: Remove unnecessary casts of void ptr
 returning alloc function return values

Hi,

The [vk][cmz]alloc(_node) family of functions return void pointers which
it's completely unnecessary/pointless to cast to other pointer types since
that happens implicitly.

This patch removes such casts from arch/x86


Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 kernel/microcode_amd.c |    2 +-
 platform/uv/tlb_uv.c   |   13 ++++++-------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index e1af7c0..ce0cb47 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static int install_equiv_cpu_table(const u8 *buf)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	equiv_cpu_table = (struct equiv_cpu_entry *) vmalloc(size);
+	equiv_cpu_table = vmalloc(size);
 	if (!equiv_cpu_table) {
 		pr_err("failed to allocate equivalent CPU table\n");
 		return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
index 20ea20a..a318194 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
@@ -1343,8 +1343,8 @@ uv_activation_descriptor_init(int node, int pnode)
 	 * each bau_desc is 64 bytes; there are 8 (UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR)
 	 * per cpu; and up to 32 (UV_ADP_SIZE) cpu's per uvhub
 	 */
-	bau_desc = (struct bau_desc *)kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct bau_desc)*
-		UV_ADP_SIZE*UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR, GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	bau_desc = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct bau_desc) * UV_ADP_SIZE
+				* UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR, GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	BUG_ON(!bau_desc);
 
 	pa = uv_gpa(bau_desc); /* need the real nasid*/
@@ -1402,9 +1402,9 @@ uv_payload_queue_init(int node, int pnode)
 	struct bau_payload_queue_entry *pqp_malloc;
 	struct bau_control *bcp;
 
-	pqp = (struct bau_payload_queue_entry *) kmalloc_node(
-		(DEST_Q_SIZE + 1) * sizeof(struct bau_payload_queue_entry),
-		GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	pqp = kmalloc_node((DEST_Q_SIZE + 1)
+			   * sizeof(struct bau_payload_queue_entry),
+			   GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	BUG_ON(!pqp);
 	pqp_malloc = pqp;
 
@@ -1520,8 +1520,7 @@ static void __init uv_init_per_cpu(int nuvhubs)
 
 	timeout_us = calculate_destination_timeout();
 
-	uvhub_descs = (struct uvhub_desc *)
-		kmalloc(nuvhubs * sizeof(struct uvhub_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	uvhub_descs = kmalloc(nuvhubs * sizeof(struct uvhub_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	memset(uvhub_descs, 0, nuvhubs * sizeof(struct uvhub_desc));
 	uvhub_mask = kzalloc((nuvhubs+7)/8, GFP_KERNEL);
 	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {



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