linux-kernel - [PATCH] Staging: wilc1000: Remove casting the values returned by kmalloc()

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:10:28 +0000
From:	"Abdul, Hussain (H.)" <habdul@...teon.com>
To:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ravindran, Madhusudhanan (M.)" <mravindr@...teon.com>,
	"Dighe, Niranjan (N.)" <ndighe@...teon.com>,
	"johnny.kim@...el.com" <johnny.kim@...el.com>,
	"rachel.kim@...el.com" <rachel.kim@...el.com>,
	"dean.lee@...el.com" <dean.lee@...el.com>,
	"chris.park@...el.com" <chris.park@...el.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Staging: wilc1000: Remove casting the values returned by
 kmalloc()

From: Abdul Hussain <habdul@...teon.com>

This patch removes casting the values returned by memory allocation functions.

Signed-off-by: Abdul Hussain <habdul@...teon.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 5f87148..c1e9272 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ static void linux_wlan_dbg(uint8_t *buff)
 static void *linux_wlan_malloc_atomic(uint32_t sz)
 {
 	char *pntr = NULL;
-	pntr = (char *)kmalloc(sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	pntr = kmalloc(sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	PRINT_D(MEM_DBG, "Allocating %d bytes at address %p\n", sz, pntr);
 	return (void *)pntr;
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static void *linux_wlan_malloc_atomic(uint32_t sz)
 static void *linux_wlan_malloc(uint32_t sz)
 {
 	char *pntr = NULL;
-	pntr = (char *)kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pntr = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	PRINT_D(MEM_DBG, "Allocating %d bytes at address %p\n", sz, pntr);
 	return (void *)pntr;
 }
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ void linux_wlan_free(void *vp)
 static void *internal_alloc(uint32_t size, uint32_t flag)
 {
 	char *pntr = NULL;
-	pntr = (char *)kmalloc(size, flag);
+	pntr = kmalloc(size, flag);
 	PRINT_D(MEM_DBG, "Allocating %d bytes at address %p\n", size, pntr);
 	return (void *)pntr;
 }
-- 
1.9.1
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