From: Jesper Juhl vmalloc() returns a void pointer, so there's no need to cast its return value in mm/page_alloc.c::zone_wait_table_init(). Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-no-need-to-cast-vmalloc-return-value-in-zone_wait_table_init mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-no-need-to-cast-vmalloc-return-value-in-zone_wait_table_init +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ int zone_wait_table_init(struct zone *zo * To use this new node's memory, further consideration will be * necessary. */ - zone->wait_table = (wait_queue_head_t *)vmalloc(alloc_size); + zone->wait_table = vmalloc(alloc_size); } if (!zone->wait_table) return -ENOMEM; _