linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: remove cast for kmalloc return value

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Message-ID: <20130311100417.GD31619@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:04:17 +0200
From:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
To:	Ioan Orghici <ioanorghici@...il.com>
Cc:	mtosatti@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, Ioan Orghici <ioan.orghici@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: remove cast for kmalloc return value

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 03:46:00PM +0200, Ioan Orghici wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Ioan Orghici<ioan.orghici@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 7cc566b..35c2c8f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -5261,8 +5261,7 @@ static struct loaded_vmcs *nested_get_current_vmcs02(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Create a new VMCS */
> -	item = (struct vmcs02_list *)
> -		kmalloc(sizeof(struct vmcs02_list), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	item = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vmcs02_list), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!item)
>  		return NULL;
>  	item->vmcs02.vmcs = alloc_vmcs();
Applied, thanks.

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			Gleb.
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