linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi/osst.c: remove unncessary casting of kmalloc.

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Message-ID: <4B51DD22.4040404@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:37:06 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Thiago Farina <tfransosi@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Willem Riede <osst@...de.org>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	osst-users@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi/osst.c: remove unncessary casting of kmalloc.

Stefan Richter wrote:
> Thiago Farina wrote:
>> -		os_scsi_tapes =
>> -			(struct osst_tape **)kmalloc(osst_max_dev * sizeof(struct osst_tape *),
>> -				   GFP_ATOMIC);
>> +		os_scsi_tapes = kmalloc(osst_max_dev * sizeof(struct osst_tape *),
>> +					GFP_ATOMIC);

> Since you update the style of this kmalloc usage, you could at the same
> time change the sizeof expression to sizeof(* os_scsi_tapes).

PS: osst_max_dev * sizeof(* os_scsi_tapes) of course, if it wasn't obvious.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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