linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 11/16] Remove unnecessary kmalloc casts in drivers/net.

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:16:07 +0200
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Patch 11/16] Remove unnecessary kmalloc casts in drivers/net.

Am Dienstag, 31. Juli 2007 schrieb jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org:
> --- a/drivers/net/lance.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/lance.c
[...]
> -	lp->rx_buffs = (unsigned long)kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ*RX_RING_SIZE,
> -						  GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL);
> +	lp->rx_buffs = kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ*RX_RING_SIZE, GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL);
[...]
> --- a/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c
[...]
> -			buffer = (unsigned long) kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_KERNEL);
> +			buffer = kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_KERNEL);
[...]
> -			buffer = (unsigned long) kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_KERNEL);
> +			buffer = kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_KERNEL);

See the comments to the other patches. The cast is necessary.
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