linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] fs/befs/linuxvfs.c: remove unnecessary casting

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Date:	Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:55:03 +0100
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] fs/befs/linuxvfs.c: remove unnecessary casting

Fix the following coccinelle warning:

fs/befs/linuxvfs.c:278:14-36: WARNING: casting value returned by memory
allocation function to (struct befs_inode_info *) is useless.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index edf4777..2255f4a 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -274,9 +274,8 @@ more:
 static struct inode *
 befs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-        struct befs_inode_info *bi;
-        bi = (struct befs_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(befs_inode_cachep,
-							GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct befs_inode_info *bi = kmem_cache_alloc(befs_inode_cachep,
+						      GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!bi)
                 return NULL;
         return &bi->vfs_inode;
-- 
2.1.0

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