From: Shan Wei typeof(&buffer) is a pointer to array of 1024 char, or char (*)[1024]. But, typeof(&buffer[0]) is a pointer to char which match the return type of get_trace_buf(). As well-known, the value of &buffer is equal to &buffer[0]. so return this_cpu_ptr(&percpu_buffer->buffer[0]) can avoid type cast. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/50A1A800.3020102@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Shan Wei Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 2 +- kernel/trace/trace.c | 5 +---- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index c0bd030..71259e2 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *bt, const char *fmt, ...) return; local_irq_save(flags); - buf = per_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data, smp_processor_id()); + buf = this_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data); va_start(args, fmt); n = vscnprintf(buf, BLK_TN_MAX_MSG, fmt, args); va_end(args); diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 3c13e46..f8b7c62 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -1517,7 +1517,6 @@ static struct trace_buffer_struct *trace_percpu_nmi_buffer; static char *get_trace_buf(void) { struct trace_buffer_struct *percpu_buffer; - struct trace_buffer_struct *buffer; /* * If we have allocated per cpu buffers, then we do not @@ -1535,9 +1534,7 @@ static char *get_trace_buf(void) if (!percpu_buffer) return NULL; - buffer = per_cpu_ptr(percpu_buffer, smp_processor_id()); - - return buffer->buffer; + return this_cpu_ptr(&percpu_buffer->buffer[0]); } static int alloc_percpu_trace_buffer(void) -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/