linux-kernel - [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] HID-Core: Tiny patch to remove a kmalloc cast

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Date:	Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:18:52 +0200
From:	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>
To:	jkosina@...e.cz
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] HID-Core: Tiny patch to remove a kmalloc cast

I'm really shy from the size of the patch :).

Signed-off-by: Ahmed Darwish <darwish.07@...il.com>

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 18c2b3c..2fcfdbb 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ struct hid_device *hid_parse_report(__u8 *start, unsigned size)
 	for (i = 0; i < HID_REPORT_TYPES; i++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->report_enum[i].report_list);
 
-	if (!(device->rdesc = (__u8 *)kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL))) {
+	if (!(device->rdesc = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		kfree(device->collection);
 		kfree(device);
 		return NULL;


-- 
Ahmed S. Darwish
http://darwish-07.blogspot.com
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