linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rdma: delete the useless casting value returned

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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:10:02 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Wang Qing <wangqing@...o.com>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rdma: delete the useless casting value returned

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:19:30AM +0800, Wang Qing wrote:
> Fix the following coccicheck warning:
> WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function is useless.

This warning is wrong in this specific case.

The #define is creating a helper function that enforces strict type
safety on the user

So eg,

  struct bar *obj = rdma_zalloc_drv_obj(ibdev, ib_ah);

Will fail to compile because 'obj' is not the required ib_ah type

Jason