linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ncpfs: Remove cast from memory allocation

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1702222207440.2041@hadrien>
Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:08:44 +0100 (CET)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
cc:     Petr Vandrovec <petr@...drovec.name>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ncpfs: Remove cast from memory allocation



On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Tobin C. Harding wrote:

> Coccinelle emits WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation
> function to (struct ncp_inode_info *) is useless.
>
> Remove unnecessary cast.
>
> Changes since v1:
>  - Fix up typo

Changes since v1 goes below the ---.  When this ends up in the git
history, no one will care about the changes since v1, because v1 won't be
part of the history.

julia

>
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc>
> ---
>
> Kernel built successfully with patch applied.
>
>  fs/ncpfs/inode.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
> index 7eb89c2..7a9ed33 100644
> --- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache * ncp_inode_cachep;
>  static struct inode *ncp_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
>  {
>  	struct ncp_inode_info *ei;
> -	ei = (struct ncp_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(ncp_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(ncp_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!ei)
>  		return NULL;
>  	return &ei->vfs_inode;
> --
> 2.7.4
>
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>