From f245e1c17a702964ad552878d01a10e53cf0e8e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tobin C. Harding" Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 15:54:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] fs/proc/inode.c: remove cast from memory allocation Coccinelle emits this warning: WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (struct proc_inode *) is useless. Remove unnecessary cast. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487745720-16967-1-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/proc/inode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c index 2cc7a8030275..e250910cffc8 100644 --- a/fs/proc/inode.c +++ b/fs/proc/inode.c @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) struct proc_inode *ei; struct inode *inode; - ei = (struct proc_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); + ei = kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (!ei) return NULL; ei->pid = NULL; -- GitLab