Re: [PATCH -next] 9p: Remove unneeded cast from memory allocation

From: Dominique Martinet
Date: Fri Jul 31 2020 - 01:24:55 EST


Li Heng wrote on Wed, Jul 29, 2020:
> Remove casting the values returned by memory allocation function.
>
> Coccinelle emits WARNING:
>
> ./fs/9p/vfs_inode.c:226:12-29: WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (struct v9fs_inode *) is useless.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Heng <liheng40@xxxxxxxxxx>

Why not, I'll take this for next.
Please pay a bit more attention to the commit message next time though,
neither "Remove casting the values" nor "x emits warning" are proper
English -- I've taken the liberty to fix the grammar a bit...

> ---
> fs/9p/vfs_inode.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
> index 0fd5bf2..ae0c38a 100644
> --- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
> +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
> @@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ v9fs_blank_wstat(struct p9_wstat *wstat)
> struct inode *v9fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
> {
> struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
> - v9inode = (struct v9fs_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(v9fs_inode_cache,
> - GFP_KERNEL);
> + v9inode = kmem_cache_alloc(v9fs_inode_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!v9inode)
> return NULL;
> #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE