linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/30] um: Don't unnecessarily cast allocation return value in ubd

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:43:49 +0200
From:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...aya.com>,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 03/30] um: Don't unnecessarily cast allocation return value in ubd_kern.c

vmalloc() returns a void pointer, so casting to (void *) is pretty pointless.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
---
 arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 0eabe73..25b248a 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static int ubd_open_dev(struct ubd *ubd_dev)
 		blk_queue_max_sectors(ubd_dev->queue, 8 * sizeof(long));
 
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		ubd_dev->cow.bitmap = (void *) vmalloc(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap_len);
+		ubd_dev->cow.bitmap = vmalloc(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap_len);
 		if(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap == NULL){
 			printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to vmalloc COW bitmap\n");
 			goto error;
-- 
1.5.2.2

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