linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Get rid of most of the remaining k*alloc() casts.

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Date:	Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:41:09 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
cc:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Get rid of most of the remaining k*alloc() casts.

>  Get rid of the remaining obvious pointer casts of all k[cmz]alloc
>calls, and do a little whitespace cleanup on the result, based on the
>CodingStyle file.

>-		struct intmem_allocation* alloc =
>-		  (struct intmem_allocation*)kmalloc(sizeof *alloc, GFP_KERNEL);
>+		struct intmem_allocation* alloc =
>+			kmalloc(sizeof(*alloc), GFP_KERNEL);

At the same time, you could make * alloc -> *alloc when it falls on the same
line as the kmczalloc cleanup. :)

	-`J'
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