linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: dgnc: driver.c: casting (void *)value returned by kzalloc is useless

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Message-ID: <52285D8B.3050106@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:31:39 +0800
From:	Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: dgnc: driver.c: casting (void *)value returned by
 kzalloc is useless

From: Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>

Casting (void *) value returned by kzalloc is useless
as mentioned in Documentation/CodingStyle, Chap 14.

Signed-off-by: Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
---
 drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
index f8c1e22..ac64181 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static int dgnc_found_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id)
 
 	/* get the board structure and prep it */
 	brd = dgnc_Board[dgnc_NumBoards] =
-	(struct board_t *) kzalloc(sizeof(struct board_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+			kzalloc(sizeof(struct board_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!brd) {
 		APR(("memory allocation for board structure failed\n"));
 		return(-ENOMEM);
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static int dgnc_found_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id)
 
 	/* make a temporary message buffer for the boot messages */
 	brd->msgbuf = brd->msgbuf_head =
-		(char *) kzalloc(sizeof(char) * 8192, GFP_KERNEL);
+			kzalloc(sizeof(char) * 8192, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!brd->msgbuf) {
 		kfree(brd);
 		APR(("memory allocation for board msgbuf failed\n"));
-- 
1.8.3.1
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