netdev - [PATCH] rpc_pipe: Drop memory allocation cast

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:19:17 +0530
From:	Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>
To:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: [PATCH] rpc_pipe: Drop memory allocation cast

Drop cast on the result of kmalloc and similar functions.

The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
@@

- (T *)
  (\(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmem_cache_alloc\|kmem_cache_zalloc\|
   kmem_cache_alloc_node\|kmalloc_node\|kzalloc_node\)(...))
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
---
 net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index b185548..2d12b76 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static struct inode *
 rpc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct rpc_inode *rpci;
-	rpci = (struct rpc_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(rpc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rpci = kmem_cache_alloc(rpc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rpci)
 		return NULL;
 	return &rpci->vfs_inode;
-- 
1.9.1

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