{
        struct dlm_lock_resource *res = NULL;
 
-       res = (struct dlm_lock_resource *)
-                               kmem_cache_zalloc(dlm_lockres_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+       res = kmem_cache_zalloc(dlm_lockres_cache, GFP_NOFS);
        if (!res)
                goto error;
 
-       res->lockname.name = (char *)
-                               kmem_cache_zalloc(dlm_lockname_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+       res->lockname.name = kmem_cache_zalloc(dlm_lockname_cache, GFP_NOFS);
        if (!res->lockname.name)
                goto error;
 
                spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
                mlog(0, "allocating a new resource\n");
                /* nothing found and we need to allocate one. */
-               alloc_mle = (struct dlm_master_list_entry *)
-                       kmem_cache_alloc(dlm_mle_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+               alloc_mle = kmem_cache_alloc(dlm_mle_cache, GFP_NOFS);
                if (!alloc_mle)
                        goto leave;
                res = dlm_new_lockres(dlm, lockid, namelen);
                        spin_unlock(&dlm->master_lock);
                        spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
 
-                       mle = (struct dlm_master_list_entry *)
-                               kmem_cache_alloc(dlm_mle_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+                       mle = kmem_cache_alloc(dlm_mle_cache, GFP_NOFS);
                        if (!mle) {
                                response = DLM_MASTER_RESP_ERROR;
                                mlog_errno(-ENOMEM);
                goto leave;
        }
 
-       mle = (struct dlm_master_list_entry *) kmem_cache_alloc(dlm_mle_cache,
-                                                               GFP_NOFS);
+       mle = kmem_cache_alloc(dlm_mle_cache, GFP_NOFS);
        if (!mle) {
                mlog_errno(ret);
                goto leave;
        hash = dlm_lockid_hash(name, namelen);
 
        /* preallocate.. if this fails, abort */
-       mle = (struct dlm_master_list_entry *) kmem_cache_alloc(dlm_mle_cache,
-                                                        GFP_NOFS);
+       mle = kmem_cache_alloc(dlm_mle_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 
        if (!mle) {
                ret = -ENOMEM;