linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 linux-next] fs/ufs/super.c: remove unnecessary casting

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Message-Id: <1419790432-10588-1-git-send-email-fabf@skynet.be>
Date:	Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:13:52 +0100
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@...l.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2 linux-next] fs/ufs/super.c: remove unnecessary casting

Fix the following coccinelle warning:
fs/ufs/super.c:1418:7-28: WARNING: casting value returned by memory
allocation function to (struct ufs_inode_info *) is useless.

Cc: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@...l.ru>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
V2: separate declaration from allocation (suggested by Joe Perches)

 fs/ufs/super.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index da73801..e515e99 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -1415,9 +1415,11 @@ static struct kmem_cache * ufs_inode_cachep;
 static struct inode *ufs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ufs_inode_info *ei;
-	ei = (struct ufs_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(ufs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+
+	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(ufs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
+
 	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
-- 
2.1.0

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