Remove casting the values returned by memory allocation function. Coccinelle emits WARNING:
./drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c:1027:9-23: WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (struct sg_desc *) is useless. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wangha...@huawei.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c index 4fb776920..8b2bf8503 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c @@ -1024,9 +1024,9 @@ static int hix5hd2_init_sg_desc_queue(struct hix5hd2_priv *priv) struct sg_desc *desc; dma_addr_t phys_addr; - desc = (struct sg_desc *)dma_alloc_coherent(priv->dev, - TX_DESC_NUM * sizeof(struct sg_desc), - &phys_addr, GFP_KERNEL); + desc = dma_alloc_coherent(priv->dev, + TX_DESC_NUM * sizeof(struct sg_desc), + &phys_addr, GFP_KERNEL); if (!desc) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.17.1