kmalloc() returns a void pointer so there is absolutely no need to cast it in ibmebus_chomp(). Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl --- arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c index 9a8c9af..9514e66 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c @@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ static int ibmebus_match_path(struct device *dev, void *data) static char *ibmebus_chomp(const char *in, size_t count) { - char *out = (char*)kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + char *out = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!out) return NULL; -- 1.5.2.2