linux-kernel - Re: Are the cast necessary in function "kfree"?

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Message-Id: <200905201238.16160.borntrae@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 May 2009 12:38:15 +0200
From:	Christian Bornträger <borntrae@...ibm.com>
To:	André Lopes <andre.neo.net@...il.com>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Are the cast necessary in function "kfree"?

Am Mittwoch 20 Mai 2009 12:30:21 schrieb André Lopes:

I only looked at the s390 parts:

> arch/s390/include/asm/idals.h:110: kfree((void *)(unsigned long) ccw->cda);
This cast is necessary since cda is an u32 even on 64bit machines.

> drivers/s390/char/vmur.c:188:        kfree((void *)(addr_t) ptr->cda);
dito.

Christian

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