linux-kernel - [PATCH 25/30] tty: dont needlessly cast kmalloc() return value

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:28:42 +0200
From:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 25/30] tty: dont needlessly cast kmalloc() return value

kmalloc() hands us a void pointer, we don't need to cast it.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
---
 drivers/char/tty_io.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 51ea93c..9c867cf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -2063,8 +2063,7 @@ static int init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx,
 	}
 
 	if (!*tp_loc) {
-		tp = (struct ktermios *) kmalloc(sizeof(struct ktermios),
-						GFP_KERNEL);
+		tp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ktermios), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tp)
 			goto free_mem_out;
 		*tp = driver->init_termios;
@@ -2094,8 +2093,7 @@ static int init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx,
 		}
 
 		if (!*o_tp_loc) {
-			o_tp = (struct ktermios *)
-				kmalloc(sizeof(struct ktermios), GFP_KERNEL);
+			o_tp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ktermios), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!o_tp)
 				goto free_mem_out;
 			*o_tp = driver->other->init_termios;
-- 
1.5.2.2

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