Drop useless casts from g_malloc() & friends to pointer

These memory allocation functions return void *, and casting to
another pointer type is useless clutter.  Drop these casts.

If you really want another pointer type, consider g_new().

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Message-Id: <20220923120025.448759-3-armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>

10 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/hw/arm/nseries.c b/hw/arm/nseries.c
index 692c94ceb4..b151113c27 100644
--- a/hw/arm/nseries.c
+++ b/hw/arm/nseries.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static uint32_t mipid_txrx(void *opaque, uint32_t cmd, int len)
 
 static void *mipid_init(void)
 {
-    struct mipid_s *s = (struct mipid_s *) g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
+    struct mipid_s *s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
 
     s->id = 0x838f03;
     mipid_reset(s);
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ static int n810_atag_setup(const struct arm_boot_info *info, void *p)
 static void n8x0_init(MachineState *machine,
                       struct arm_boot_info *binfo, int model)
 {
-    struct n800_s *s = (struct n800_s *) g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
+    struct n800_s *s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
 
     if (machine->ram_size != mc->default_ram_size) {
diff --git a/hw/char/exynos4210_uart.c b/hw/char/exynos4210_uart.c
index addcd59b02..7b7c56b6ef 100644
--- a/hw/char/exynos4210_uart.c
+++ b/hw/char/exynos4210_uart.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static void fifo_reset(Exynos4210UartFIFO *q)
     g_free(q->data);
     q->data = NULL;
 
-    q->data = (uint8_t *)g_malloc0(q->size);
+    q->data = g_malloc0(q->size);
 
     q->sp = 0;
     q->rp = 0;
diff --git a/hw/display/blizzard.c b/hw/display/blizzard.c
index 105241577d..ebe230dd0a 100644
--- a/hw/display/blizzard.c
+++ b/hw/display/blizzard.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ static const GraphicHwOps blizzard_ops = {
 
 void *s1d13745_init(qemu_irq gpio_int)
 {
-    BlizzardState *s = (BlizzardState *) g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
+    BlizzardState *s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
     DisplaySurface *surface;
 
     s->fb = g_malloc(0x180000);
diff --git a/hw/misc/cbus.c b/hw/misc/cbus.c
index 3c3721ad2d..653e8ddcd5 100644
--- a/hw/misc/cbus.c
+++ b/hw/misc/cbus.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void cbus_sel(void *opaque, int line, int level)
 
 CBus *cbus_init(qemu_irq dat)
 {
-    CBusPriv *s = (CBusPriv *) g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
+    CBusPriv *s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
 
     s->dat_out = dat;
     s->cbus.clk = qemu_allocate_irq(cbus_clk, s, 0);
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static void retu_io(void *opaque, int rw, int reg, uint16_t *val)
 
 void *retu_init(qemu_irq irq, int vilma)
 {
-    CBusRetu *s = (CBusRetu *) g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
+    CBusRetu *s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
 
     s->irq = irq;
     s->irqen = 0xffff;
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static void tahvo_io(void *opaque, int rw, int reg, uint16_t *val)
 
 void *tahvo_init(qemu_irq irq, int betty)
 {
-    CBusTahvo *s = (CBusTahvo *) g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
+    CBusTahvo *s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
 
     s->irq = irq;
     s->irqen = 0xffff;
diff --git a/hw/nvram/eeprom93xx.c b/hw/nvram/eeprom93xx.c
index a1b9c78844..1081e2cc0d 100644
--- a/hw/nvram/eeprom93xx.c
+++ b/hw/nvram/eeprom93xx.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ eeprom_t *eeprom93xx_new(DeviceState *dev, uint16_t nwords)
         addrbits = 6;
     }
 
-    eeprom = (eeprom_t *)g_malloc0(sizeof(*eeprom) + nwords * 2);
+    eeprom = g_malloc0(sizeof(*eeprom) + nwords * 2);
     eeprom->size = nwords;
     eeprom->addrbits = addrbits;
     /* Output DO is tristate, read results in 1. */
diff --git a/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c b/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
index 1ddf7297f6..ee41a81801 100644
--- a/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
+++ b/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void emulated_apdu_from_guest(CCIDCardState *base,
     const uint8_t *apdu, uint32_t len)
 {
     EmulatedState *card = EMULATED_CCID_CARD(base);
-    EmulEvent *event = (EmulEvent *)g_malloc(sizeof(EmulEvent) + len);
+    EmulEvent *event = g_malloc(sizeof(EmulEvent) + len);
 
     assert(event);
     event->p.data.type = EMUL_GUEST_APDU;
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
index dac100c67c..4df0428089 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
@@ -2262,8 +2262,7 @@ static int kvm_get_supported_feature_msrs(KVMState *s)
     }
 
     assert(msr_list.nmsrs > 0);
-    kvm_feature_msrs = (struct kvm_msr_list *) \
-        g_malloc0(sizeof(msr_list) +
+    kvm_feature_msrs = g_malloc0(sizeof(msr_list) +
                  msr_list.nmsrs * sizeof(msr_list.indices[0]));
 
     kvm_feature_msrs->nmsrs = msr_list.nmsrs;
diff --git a/target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c b/target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c
index 8e4969edeb..e738d83e81 100644
--- a/target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c
+++ b/target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c
@@ -1164,9 +1164,8 @@ static void whpx_translate_cpu_breakpoints(
         (breakpoints->breakpoints ? breakpoints->breakpoints->used : 0);
 
     struct whpx_breakpoint_collection *new_breakpoints =
-        (struct whpx_breakpoint_collection *)g_malloc0(
-        sizeof(struct whpx_breakpoint_collection) +
-            max_breakpoints * sizeof(struct whpx_breakpoint));
+        g_malloc0(sizeof(struct whpx_breakpoint_collection)
+                  + max_breakpoints * sizeof(struct whpx_breakpoint));
 
     new_breakpoints->allocated = max_breakpoints;
     new_breakpoints->used = 0;
diff --git a/target/s390x/kvm/kvm.c b/target/s390x/kvm/kvm.c
index 508c24cfec..da8c47f57b 100644
--- a/target/s390x/kvm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/s390x/kvm/kvm.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ int kvm_arch_remove_hw_breakpoint(target_ulong addr,
         }
         size = nb_hw_breakpoints * sizeof(struct kvm_hw_breakpoint);
         hw_breakpoints =
-             (struct kvm_hw_breakpoint *)g_realloc(hw_breakpoints, size);
+             g_realloc(hw_breakpoints, size);
     } else {
         g_free(hw_breakpoints);
         hw_breakpoints = NULL;
diff --git a/ui/vnc-enc-hextile.c b/ui/vnc-enc-hextile.c
index 4215bd7daf..c763256f29 100644
--- a/ui/vnc-enc-hextile.c
+++ b/ui/vnc-enc-hextile.c
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ int vnc_hextile_send_framebuffer_update(VncState *vs, int x,
     int has_fg, has_bg;
     uint8_t *last_fg, *last_bg;
 
-    last_fg = (uint8_t *) g_malloc(VNC_SERVER_FB_BYTES);
-    last_bg = (uint8_t *) g_malloc(VNC_SERVER_FB_BYTES);
+    last_fg = g_malloc(VNC_SERVER_FB_BYTES);
+    last_bg = g_malloc(VNC_SERVER_FB_BYTES);
     has_fg = has_bg = 0;
     for (j = y; j < (y + h); j += 16) {
         for (i = x; i < (x + w); i += 16) {