2014-12-28 14:55:14

by Fabian Frédérick

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Subject: [PATCH 1/1] fs/befs/linuxvfs.c: remove unnecessary casting

Fix the following coccinelle warning:

fs/befs/linuxvfs.c:278:14-36: WARNING: casting value returned by memory
allocation function to (struct befs_inode_info *) is useless.

Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <[email protected]>
---
fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index edf4777..2255f4a 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -274,9 +274,8 @@ more:
static struct inode *
befs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
{
- struct befs_inode_info *bi;
- bi = (struct befs_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(befs_inode_cachep,
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct befs_inode_info *bi = kmem_cache_alloc(befs_inode_cachep,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (!bi)
return NULL;
return &bi->vfs_inode;
--
2.1.0