linux-kernel - [PATCH 23/30] video: Remove pointless kmalloc() return value cast in Zoran PCI controller driver

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:22:15 +0200
From:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	video4linux-list@...hat.com,
	Ronald Bultje <rbultje@...ald.bitfreak.net>,
	mjpeg-users@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Serguei Miridonov <mirsev@...ese.mx>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 23/30] video: Remove pointless kmalloc() return value cast in Zoran PCI controller driver

No need to cast the void pointer returned by kmalloc() in
drivers/media/video/zoran_driver.c::v4l_fbuffer_alloc().

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
---
 drivers/media/video/zoran_driver.c |    5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/zoran_driver.c b/drivers/media/video/zoran_driver.c
index 72a037b..bc2e5b3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/zoran_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/zoran_driver.c
@@ -347,10 +347,7 @@ v4l_fbuffer_alloc (struct file *file)
 		if (fh->v4l_buffers.buffer_size <= MAX_KMALLOC_MEM) {
 			/* Use kmalloc */
 
-			mem =
-			    (unsigned char *) kmalloc(fh->v4l_buffers.
-						      buffer_size,
-						      GFP_KERNEL);
+			mem = kmalloc(fh->v4l_buffers.buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (mem == 0) {
 				dprintk(1,
 					KERN_ERR
-- 
1.5.2.2

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