Re: [PATCH] m68k: mm: Remove superfluous memblock_alloc*() casts

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Wed Aug 26 2020 - 09:31:48 EST


On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 03:04:44PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The return type of memblock_alloc*() is a void pointer, so there is no
> need to cast it to "void *" or some other pointer type, before assigning
> it to a pointer variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c | 2 +-
> arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c | 5 ++---
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c b/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c
> index 2b9cb4a622811390..eac9dde65193443e 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
> unsigned long max_zone_pfn[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { 0 };
> int i;
>
> - empty_zero_page = (void *) memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> + empty_zero_page = memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> if (!empty_zero_page)
> panic("%s: Failed to allocate %lu bytes align=0x%lx\n",
> __func__, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c b/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c
> index a9bdde54ca350197..3a653f0a4188d4af 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c
> @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static pte_t * __init kernel_page_table(void)
> pte_t *pte_table = last_pte_table;
>
> if (PAGE_ALIGNED(last_pte_table)) {
> - pte_table = (pte_t *)memblock_alloc_low(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> + pte_table = memblock_alloc_low(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> if (!pte_table) {
> panic("%s: Failed to allocate %lu bytes align=%lx\n",
> __func__, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> @@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ static pmd_t * __init kernel_ptr_table(void)
>
> last_pmd_table += PTRS_PER_PMD;
> if (PAGE_ALIGNED(last_pmd_table)) {
> - last_pmd_table = (pmd_t *)memblock_alloc_low(PAGE_SIZE,
> - PAGE_SIZE);
> + last_pmd_table = memblock_alloc_low(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> if (!last_pmd_table)
> panic("%s: Failed to allocate %lu bytes align=%lx\n",
> __func__, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> --
> 2.17.1
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.