This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:

@@
expression * e;
expression arg1, arg2;
type T;
@@

- e = (T *)
+ e =
kmalloc(arg1, arg2);

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsi...@embeddedor.com>
---
 drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
index a18de9d..98ba8fc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
@@ -647,8 +647,7 @@ cciss_scsi_setup(ctlr_info_t *h)
        struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t * shba;
 
        ccissscsi[h->ctlr].ndevices = 0;
-       shba = (struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *)
-               kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL);     
+       shba = kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (shba == NULL)
                return;
        shba->scsi_host = NULL;
-- 
2.5.0

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