From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030502AbXAHE1c (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:27:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030515AbXAHE1c (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:27:32 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.185]:38701 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030502AbXAHE1a (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:27:30 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=Q/rJzrrFie8jy2B5248JOcqc10QNVWCH6jznB6L/UODosXQrXAAhxUsZCVayK3leb4dB7k+/yW7rYBEx/KpvGnt9SXNLKqprWENvUbOawrKhj1cm+GlHtd1oZ9DA/k5BZ/aRZRY4zK6y/jc8ShnSbapr+E+JfhG1oB+NdEvoQPI= Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 06:26:57 +0200 To: Li Yang-r58472 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] UCC Ether driver: kmalloc casting cleanups Message-ID: <20070108042657.GA18610@Ahmed> Mail-Followup-To: Li Yang-r58472 , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org References: <20070106131832.GE19020@Ahmed> <989B956029373F45A0B8AF029708189006134E@zch01exm26.fsl.freescale.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <989B956029373F45A0B8AF029708189006134E@zch01exm26.fsl.freescale.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 11:12:28AM +0800, Li Yang-r58472 wrote: > > From: Ahmed S. Darwish [mailto:darwish.07@gmail.com] > > > > Hi, > > A kmalloc casting cleanup patch. > > Signed-off-by: Ahmed Darwish [..] > > - (u32) (kmalloc((u32) (length + align), > > - GFP_KERNEL)); > > + kmalloc((u32) (length + align), GFP_KERNEL); > > + > > if (ugeth->tx_bd_ring_offset[j] != 0) > > ugeth->p_tx_bd_ring[j] = [..] > > - (u32) (kmalloc((u32) (length + align), GFP_KERNEL)); > > + kmalloc((u32) (length + align), GFP_KERNEL); > > NACK about the 2 clean-ups above. Cast from pointer to integer is > required here. Are the casts from pointer to integer just needed to suppress gcc warnings or there's something technically important about them ? I'll send the modified patch without the NACKed parts in minutes .. -- Ahmed S. Darwish http://darwish-07.blogspot.com