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

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Date:	Sat, 6 Jan 2007 17:18:09 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] HID-Core: Tiny patch to remove a kmalloc cast

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:

> 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;

Queued for upstream, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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