linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic

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Message-ID: <ec46a643-9166-58d8-87ce-5a10f9709010@suse.de>
Date:   Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:25:42 +0100
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Sabyasachi Gupta <sabyasachi.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, john.garry@...wei.com, satishkh@...co.com,
        sebaddel@...co.com, kartilak@...co.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Brajeswar Ghosh <brajeswar.linux@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace.c: Use vzalloc

On 13/11/2018 17:22, Sabyasachi Gupta wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 9:46 PM Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 13/11/2018 17:11, James Bottomley wrote:
>>> This is incorrect advice: there's no need to cast it to other *pointer*
>>> types, but if you cast it to a non-pointer type (which this is doing)
>>> the compiler will complain if there is no explicit cast.
> shall I leave the typecast as it is?

Yes, sorry for not looking at it deeply enough.

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