linux-ext4 - [PATCH] fs/ext2/super.c: Drop memory allocation cast

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:11:18 +0530
From:	Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: [PATCH] fs/ext2/super.c: Drop memory allocation cast

Drop cast on the result of kmem_cache_alloc.

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>
---
 fs/ext2/super.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 3750031..b88edc0 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache * ext2_inode_cachep;
 static struct inode *ext2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei;
-	ei = (struct ext2_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(ext2_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(ext2_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 	ei->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
-- 
1.9.1

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