linux-kernel - [ PATCH 1/3 ] UML - Remove unneeded void * cast

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Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:52:20 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	uml-devel <user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Subject: [ PATCH 1/3 ] UML - Remove unneeded void * cast

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

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@...ux.intel.com>
--
 arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.22/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22.orig/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c	2007-08-23 20:22:40.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c	2007-08-30 16:27:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static int ubd_open_dev(struct ubd *ubd_
 		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;
-
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