linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/12] nouveau: fix function cast warning

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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:20:18 +0000
From: Timur Tabi <ttabi@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] nouveau: fix function cast warning

On Tue, 2024-03-26 at 15:51 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Calling a function through an incompatible pointer type causes breaks
> kcfi, so clang warns about the assignment:
> 

...

> +static void of_fini(void *p)
> +{
> +       return kfree(p);
> +}
> +

I don't know anything about kfci, but shouldn't this just be "kfree(p)",
without the "return"?