linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] scsi: Remove unneeded cast from memory allocation

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Date:   Tue,  8 Sep 2020 22:17:30 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     sathya.prakash@...adcom.com, suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com,
        Li Heng <liheng40@...wei.com>, sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com
Cc:     "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] scsi: Remove unneeded cast from memory allocation

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:19:50 +0800, Li Heng wrote:

> Remove casting the values returned by memory allocation function.
> 
> Coccinelle emits WARNING:
> 
> ./drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c:2596:14-31: WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (SCSIDevicePage0_t *) is useless.
> ./drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c:2660:15-32: WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (SCSIDevicePage3_t *) is useless.

Applied to 5.10/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] scsi: mptctl: Remove unneeded cast from memory allocation
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/8fee79ed8ea2

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering