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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2017-09-09 13:14:52 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2017-09-17 16:35:26 +0200
commit35628c4ad0f3800d3744fd5d4b7315e51c5e407e (patch)
tree4f4163fbca9828e49673ccf76b6ef2ac0a12ea17 /drivers/staging
parent67af9094043dd064ec0c2cb0d84173cd9129cdc3 (diff)
staging: rtl8723bs: convert private allocation functions to return void *
Using char * for a return from allocation functions means the code has to cast generic allocations to specific types. Allow the compiler to not need casts on the allocations. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging')
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h4
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c15
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h
index ac9ffe0e3b84..57523baa4517 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ typedef enum mstat_status{
#define rtw_mstat_update(flag, status, sz) do {} while (0)
#define rtw_mstat_dump(sel) do {} while (0)
-u8*_rtw_zmalloc(u32 sz);
-u8*_rtw_malloc(u32 sz);
+void *_rtw_zmalloc(u32 sz);
+void *_rtw_malloc(u32 sz);
void _kfree(u8 *pbuf, u32 sz);
struct sk_buff *_rtw_skb_alloc(u32 sz);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c
index a05daf06a870..93747c2bce52 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c
@@ -30,22 +30,17 @@ inline int RTW_STATUS_CODE(int error_code)
return _FAIL;
}
-u8 *_rtw_malloc(u32 sz)
+void *_rtw_malloc(u32 sz)
{
- u8 *pbuf = NULL;
-
- pbuf = kmalloc(sz, in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL);
-
- return pbuf;
+ return kmalloc(sz, in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL);
}
-u8 *_rtw_zmalloc(u32 sz)
+void *_rtw_zmalloc(u32 sz)
{
- u8 *pbuf = _rtw_malloc(sz);
+ void *pbuf = _rtw_malloc(sz);
- if (pbuf != NULL) {
+ if (pbuf)
memset(pbuf, 0, sz);
- }
return pbuf;
}