plugin.c: fix potential null pointer dereference

[collectd.git] / src / ipc.c

diff --git a/src/ipc.c b/src/ipc.c
index 645d4b087e735ce06d8db51fd8fa731e6345bac4..00b3a5f8657a0e8d32ab76a41acbd43502368eb0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ipc.c
+++ b/src/ipc.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static caddr_t ipc_get_info (cid_t cid, int cmd, int version, int stsize, int *n
 
   *nmemb = size / stsize;
 
-  buff = (caddr_t)malloc (size);
+  buff = malloc (size);
   if (buff == NULL)  {
     ERROR ("ipc plugin: ipc_get_info malloc failed.");
     return (NULL);