Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:21:52 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH UPDATED 2.6.20-rc3] Remove all the unneeded k[mzc]alloc casts | From | "Ahmed S. Darwish" <> |
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 01:10:19PM +0100, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > Ahmed S. Darwish wrote: > > Hi all, > > This is a patch to remove the unneeded k[mzc]alloc casts in the whole > > > > Signed-off-by: Ahmed Darwish > > > > diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/mm/intmem.c > > b/arch/cris/arch-v32/mm/intmem.c index 41ee7f7..acb4e21 100644 > > --- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/mm/intmem.c > > +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/mm/intmem.c > > @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ static void crisv32_intmem_init(void) > > { > > static int initiated = 0; > > if (!initiated) { > > - struct intmem_allocation* alloc = > > - (struct intmem_allocation*)kmalloc(sizeof *alloc, GFP_KERNEL); > > + struct intmem_allocation* alloc = kmalloc(sizeof *alloc, > > + GFP_KERNEL); > sizeof(*alloc) (see Documentation/CodingStyle) > > There are some more of this kind. >
I had to do so since the whole file already uses a different coding style than the one found in CodingStyle (uses type* foo, ..). About the sizeof issue it seems every one here have his own opinion (readability vs. reliability).
Anyway I've splitted the patch and resent them to lkml with CCing the appropriate maintainers since I was told that no one would accept this big patch.
Regards -- Ahmed S. Darwish http://darwish-07.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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