linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] qed: remove cast to pointers passed to kfree

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Message-Id: <20250311070624.1037787-1-nichen@iscas.ac.cn>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:06:24 +0800
From: Chen Ni <nichen@...as.ac.cn>
To: manishc@...vell.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chen Ni <nichen@...as.ac.cn>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] qed: remove cast to pointers passed to kfree

Remove unnecessary casts to pointer types passed to kfree.
Issue detected by coccinelle:
@@
type t1;
expression *e;
@@

-kfree((t1 *)e);
+kfree(e);

Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@...as.ac.cn>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
index f915c423fe70..886061d7351a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ int qed_fill_dev_info(struct qed_dev *cdev,
 
 static void qed_free_cdev(struct qed_dev *cdev)
 {
-	kfree((void *)cdev);
+	kfree(cdev);
 }
 
 static struct qed_dev *qed_alloc_cdev(struct pci_dev *pdev)
-- 
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