linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: block: Remove unnecessary cast

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Message-ID: <20170111200418.GA16314@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:04:18 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     don.brace@...rosemi.com, esc.storagedev@...rosemi.com,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: block: Remove unnecessary cast

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:41:05PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:
> 
> @@
> expression * e;
> expression arg1, arg2;
> type T;
> @@
> 
> - e = (T *)
> + e =
> kmalloc(arg1, arg2);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
> ---
>  drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

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