linux-kernel - [PATCH] usb: storage: ene_ub6250: Remove unnecessary cast in kfree

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Message-ID: <20160126184223.GA29711@amitoj-Inspiron-3542>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:12:23 +0530
From:	Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
To:	mdharm-usb@...-eyed-alien.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, usb-storage@...ts.one-eyed-alien.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: [PATCH] usb: storage: ene_ub6250: Remove unnecessary cast in kfree

Remove unnecassary casts in the argument to kfree.

Found using Coccinelle. The semantic patch used to find this is as follows:

//<smpl>
@@
type T;
expression *f;
@@

- kfree((T *)(f));
+ kfree(f);
//</smpl>

Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
---
 drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c b/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
index f3cf4ce..d3a17c6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
@@ -1067,12 +1067,12 @@ static void ms_lib_free_writebuf(struct us_data *us)
 	ms_lib_clear_pagemap(info); /* (pdx)->MS_Lib.pagemap memset 0 in ms.h */
 
 	if (info->MS_Lib.blkpag) {
-		kfree((u8 *)(info->MS_Lib.blkpag));  /* Arnold test ... */
+		kfree(info->MS_Lib.blkpag);  /* Arnold test ... */
 		info->MS_Lib.blkpag = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (info->MS_Lib.blkext) {
-		kfree((u8 *)(info->MS_Lib.blkext));  /* Arnold test ... */
+		kfree(info->MS_Lib.blkext);  /* Arnold test ... */
 		info->MS_Lib.blkext = NULL;
 	}
 }
-- 
1.9.1