linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 09/16] Remove unnecessary kmalloc casts in the pci subsystem.

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:53:28 +0200
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [Patch 09/16] Remove unnecessary kmalloc casts in the pci subsystem.

Am Dienstag, 31. Juli 2007 schrieb jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org:
> --- a/drivers/pci/rom.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/rom.c
> @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void __iomem *pci_map_rom_copy(struct pc
>  			  IORESOURCE_ROM_BIOS_COPY))
>  		return rom;
> 
> -	res->start = (unsigned long)kmalloc(*size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	res->start = kmalloc(*size, GFP_KERNEL);

This looks wrong. void * doesnt need a cast to a pointer, but res->start is an 
integer u32 type, and therefore we need a cast, no?



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