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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 22:35:28 +0100 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> To: Hoang-Nam Ngyuen <hnguyen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: rolandd@...co.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, openib-general@...nib.org, hnguyen@...ibm.com, raisch@...ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19 1/4] ehca: assure 4k alignment for firmware control block in 64k page mode On Monday 06 November 2006 22:26, Hoang-Nam Ngyuen wrote: > - rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL); > + rblock = (struct hipz_query_hca*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock(); > > - rblock = kzalloc(H_CB_ALIGNMENT, GFP_KERNEL); > + rblock = (struct hipz_query_port*)ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock(); The point Heiko made in his comment is that with ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock returning a void*, you can (and _should_) remove the casts to other pointer types. Arnd <>< - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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