remove unnecessary typecasting of malloc()

31 files changed, 68 insertions, 72 deletions

diff --git a/ares/ares_init.c b/ares/ares_init.c
index 20a23a340..bf4771de9 100644
--- a/ares/ares_init.c
+++ b/ares/ares_init.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ DhcpNameServer
       {
         if (bytes)
         {
-          line = (char *)malloc(bytes+1);
+          line = malloc(bytes+1);
           if (RegQueryValueEx(mykey, NAMESERVER, NULL, &data_type,
                               (unsigned char *)line, &bytes) ==
               ERROR_SUCCESS)
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static int init_by_defaults(ares_channel channel)
     size_t len = 64;
     int res;
 
-    hostname = (char *)malloc(len);
+    hostname = malloc(len);
     if(!hostname) {
       rc = ARES_ENOMEM;
       goto error;
diff --git a/ares/ares_parse_ptr_reply.c b/ares/ares_parse_ptr_reply.c
index cce6471c5..8d3d40dd5 100644
--- a/ares/ares_parse_ptr_reply.c
+++ b/ares/ares_parse_ptr_reply.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int ares_parse_ptr_reply(const unsigned char *abuf, int alen, const void *addr,
 
   /* Examine each answer resource record (RR) in turn. */
   hostname = NULL;
-  aliases = (char **) malloc(8 * sizeof(char *));
+  aliases = malloc(8 * sizeof(char *));
   if (!aliases)
     {
       free(ptrname);
diff --git a/docs/examples/curlx.c b/docs/examples/curlx.c
index 521812b9a..09d27cc97 100644
--- a/docs/examples/curlx.c
+++ b/docs/examples/curlx.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   struct curl_slist * headers=NULL;
   int badarg=0;
 
-  binaryptr=(char*)malloc(tabLength);
+  binaryptr = malloc(tabLength);
 
   p.verbose = 0;
   p.errorbio = BIO_new_fp (stderr, BIO_NOCLOSE);
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   /* determine URL to go */
 
   if (hostporturl) {
-    serverurl=(char*) malloc(9+strlen(hostporturl));
+    serverurl = malloc(9+strlen(hostporturl));
     sprintf(serverurl,"https://%s",hostporturl);
   }
   else if (p.accesstype != 0) { /* see whether we can find an AIA or SIA for a given access type */
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   /* pass our list of custom made headers */
 
-  contenttype=(char*) malloc(15+strlen(mimetype));
+  contenttype = malloc(15+strlen(mimetype));
   sprintf(contenttype,"Content-type: %s",mimetype);
   headers = curl_slist_append(headers,contenttype);
   curl_easy_setopt(p.curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
diff --git a/docs/examples/fopen.c b/docs/examples/fopen.c
index 0a9e9e30d..a8a4fe482 100644
--- a/docs/examples/fopen.c
+++ b/docs/examples/fopen.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ url_fopen(const char *url,const char *operation)
     URL_FILE *file;
     (void)operation;
 
-    file = (URL_FILE *)malloc(sizeof(URL_FILE));
+    file = malloc(sizeof(URL_FILE));
     if(!file)
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/opensslthreadlock.c b/docs/examples/opensslthreadlock.c
index 18a2f77fc..3ac7124b0 100644
--- a/docs/examples/opensslthreadlock.c
+++ b/docs/examples/opensslthreadlock.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int thread_setup(void)
 {
   int i;
 
-  mutex_buf = (MUTEX_TYPE *)malloc(CRYPTO_num_locks(  ) * sizeof(MUTEX_TYPE));
+  mutex_buf = malloc(CRYPTO_num_locks(  ) * sizeof(MUTEX_TYPE));
   if (!mutex_buf)
     return 0;
   for (i = 0;  i < CRYPTO_num_locks(  );  i++)
diff --git a/lib/base64.c b/lib/base64.c
index 0453624fb..37591f00c 100644
--- a/lib/base64.c
+++ b/lib/base64.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ size_t Curl_base64_encode(struct SessionHandle *data,
   if(0 == insize)
     insize = strlen(indata);
 
-  base64data = output = (char*)malloc(insize*4/3+4);
+  base64data = output = malloc(insize*4/3+4);
   if(NULL == output)
     return 0;
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ size_t Curl_base64_encode(struct SessionHandle *data,
    * so we copy it to a buffer, translate it, and use that instead.
    */
   if(data) {
-    convbuf = (char*)malloc(insize);
+    convbuf = malloc(insize);
     if(!convbuf) {
       free(output);
       return 0;
diff --git a/lib/content_encoding.c b/lib/content_encoding.c
index 1d2852b5a..9cd5b0734 100644
--- a/lib/content_encoding.c
+++ b/lib/content_encoding.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ inflate_stream(struct connectdata *conn,
 
   /* Dynamically allocate a buffer for decompression because it's uncommonly
      large to hold on the stack */
-  decomp = (char*)malloc(DSIZ);
+  decomp = malloc(DSIZ);
   if(decomp == NULL) {
     return exit_zlib(z, &k->zlib_init, CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
   }
diff --git a/lib/cookie.c b/lib/cookie.c
index fada612dd..59df3b64f 100644
--- a/lib/cookie.c
+++ b/lib/cookie.c
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ struct CookieInfo *Curl_cookie_init(struct SessionHandle *data,
     char *lineptr;
     bool headerline;
 
-    char *line = (char *)malloc(MAX_COOKIE_LINE);
+    char *line = malloc(MAX_COOKIE_LINE);
     if(line) {
       while(fgets(line, MAX_COOKIE_LINE, fp)) {
         if(checkprefix("Set-Cookie:", line)) {
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ struct Cookie *Curl_cookie_getlist(struct CookieInfo *c,
           /* and now, we know this is a match and we should create an
              entry for the return-linked-list */
 
-          newco = (struct Cookie *)malloc(sizeof(struct Cookie));
+          newco = malloc(sizeof(struct Cookie));
           if(newco) {
             /* first, copy the whole source cookie: */
             memcpy(newco, co, sizeof(struct Cookie));
diff --git a/lib/easy.c b/lib/easy.c
index 1dba68c8f..4e4998297 100644
--- a/lib/easy.c
+++ b/lib/easy.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ CURL *curl_easy_duphandle(CURL *incurl)
      * get setup on-demand in the code, as that would probably decrease
      * the likeliness of us forgetting to init a buffer here in the future.
      */
-    outcurl->state.headerbuff=(char*)malloc(HEADERSIZE);
+    outcurl->state.headerbuff = malloc(HEADERSIZE);
     if(!outcurl->state.headerbuff) {
       break;
     }
diff --git a/lib/formdata.c b/lib/formdata.c
index 2ab1d1af1..e017cb7f3 100644
--- a/lib/formdata.c
+++ b/lib/formdata.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static FormInfo * AddFormInfo(char *value,
                               FormInfo *parent_form_info)
 {
   FormInfo *form_info;
-  form_info = (FormInfo *)malloc(sizeof(FormInfo));
+  form_info = malloc(sizeof(FormInfo));
   if(form_info) {
     memset(form_info, 0, sizeof(FormInfo));
     if(value)
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static char *memdup(const char *src, size_t buffer_length)
     /* no length and a NULL src pointer! */
     return strdup("");
 
-  buffer = (char*)malloc(length+add);
+  buffer = malloc(length+add);
   if(!buffer)
     return NULL; /* fail */
 
@@ -838,8 +838,7 @@ static CURLcode AddFormData(struct FormData **formp,
                             size_t length,
                             curl_off_t *size)
 {
-  struct FormData *newform = (struct FormData *)
-    malloc(sizeof(struct FormData));
+  struct FormData *newform = malloc(sizeof(struct FormData));
   if(!newform)
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   newform->next = NULL;
@@ -849,7 +848,7 @@ static CURLcode AddFormData(struct FormData **formp,
     if(!length)
       length = strlen((char *)line);
 
-    newform->line = (char *)malloc(length+1);
+    newform->line = malloc(length+1);
     if(!newform->line) {
       free(newform);
       return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -1729,7 +1728,7 @@ char *Curl_FormBoundary(void)
 
   static const char table16[]="abcdef0123456789";
 
-  retstring = (char *)malloc(BOUNDARY_LENGTH+1);
+  retstring = malloc(BOUNDARY_LENGTH+1);
 
   if(!retstring)
     return NULL; /* failed */
diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 7f1c6aa73..4021c500b 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static CURLcode ftp_readresp(curl_socket_t sockfd,
 
       if(clipamount) {
         ftpc->cache_size = clipamount;
-        ftpc->cache = (char *)malloc((int)ftpc->cache_size);
+        ftpc->cache = malloc((int)ftpc->cache_size);
         if(ftpc->cache)
           memcpy(ftpc->cache, ftpc->linestart_resp, (int)ftpc->cache_size);
         else
@@ -2751,7 +2751,7 @@ static CURLcode ftp_statemach_act(struct connectdata *conn)
 
     case FTP_PWD:
       if(ftpcode == 257) {
-        char *dir = (char *)malloc(nread+1);
+        char *dir = malloc(nread+1);
         char *store=dir;
         char *ptr=&data->state.buffer[4];  /* start on the first letter */
 
diff --git a/lib/hash.c b/lib/hash.c
index 8496803bb..095fa7028 100644
--- a/lib/hash.c
+++ b/lib/hash.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Curl_hash_init(struct curl_hash *h,
   h->size = 0;
   h->slots = slots;
 
-  h->table = (struct curl_llist **) malloc(slots * sizeof(struct curl_llist *));
+  h->table = malloc(slots * sizeof(struct curl_llist *));
   if(h->table) {
     for (i = 0; i < slots; ++i) {
       h->table[i] = Curl_llist_alloc((curl_llist_dtor) hash_element_dtor);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Curl_hash_alloc(int slots,
     return NULL; /* failure */
   }
 
-  h = (struct curl_hash *) malloc(sizeof(struct curl_hash));
+  h = malloc(sizeof(struct curl_hash));
   if(h) {
     if(Curl_hash_init(h, slots, hfunc, comparator, dtor)) {
       /* failure */
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ Curl_hash_alloc(int slots,
 static struct curl_hash_element *
 mk_hash_element(const void *key, size_t key_len, const void *p)
 {
-  struct curl_hash_element *he =
-    (struct curl_hash_element *) malloc(sizeof(struct curl_hash_element));
+  struct curl_hash_element *he = malloc(sizeof(struct curl_hash_element));
 
   if(he) {
     void *dupkey = malloc(key_len);
diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 6b22c2c10..e223c1f92 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ static
 send_buffer *add_buffer_init(void)
 {
   send_buffer *blonk;
-  blonk=(send_buffer *)malloc(sizeof(send_buffer));
+  blonk = malloc(sizeof(send_buffer));
   if(blonk) {
     memset(blonk, 0, sizeof(send_buffer));
     return blonk;
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ CURLcode add_buffer(send_buffer *in, const void *inptr, size_t size)
       new_rb = realloc(in->buffer, new_size);
     else
       /* create a new buffer */
-      new_rb = (char *)malloc(new_size);
+      new_rb = malloc(new_size);
 
     if(!new_rb) {
       /* If we failed, we cleanup the whole buffer and return error */
diff --git a/lib/http_chunks.c b/lib/http_chunks.c
index 45199866f..0d72793ce 100644
--- a/lib/http_chunks.c
+++ b/lib/http_chunks.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ CHUNKcode Curl_httpchunk_read(struct connectdata *conn,
         }
         else {
           conn->trlMax=128;
-          ptr = (char*)malloc(conn->trlMax);
+          ptr = malloc(conn->trlMax);
         }
         if(!ptr)
           return CHUNKE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
diff --git a/lib/http_digest.c b/lib/http_digest.c
index a3c2ad7d7..81e8612a7 100644
--- a/lib/http_digest.c
+++ b/lib/http_digest.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_output_digest(struct connectdata *conn,
   Curl_md5it(md5buf, md5this);
   free(md5this); /* free this again */
 
-  ha1 = (unsigned char *)malloc(33); /* 32 digits and 1 zero byte */
+  ha1 = malloc(33); /* 32 digits and 1 zero byte */
   if(!ha1)
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
diff --git a/lib/llist.c b/lib/llist.c
index 43d46233e..cd9edad63 100644
--- a/lib/llist.c
+++ b/lib/llist.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Curl_llist_alloc(curl_llist_dtor dtor)
 {
   struct curl_llist *list;
 
-  list = (struct curl_llist *)malloc(sizeof(struct curl_llist));
+  list = malloc(sizeof(struct curl_llist));
   if(NULL == list)
     return NULL;
 
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ int
 Curl_llist_insert_next(struct curl_llist *list, struct curl_llist_element *e,
                        const void *p)
 {
-  struct curl_llist_element *ne =
-    (struct curl_llist_element *) malloc(sizeof(struct curl_llist_element));
+  struct curl_llist_element *ne = malloc(sizeof(struct curl_llist_element));
   if(!ne)
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/lib/mprintf.c b/lib/mprintf.c
index 255eb11df..46438d47d 100644
--- a/lib/mprintf.c
+++ b/lib/mprintf.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ static int alloc_addbyter(int output, FILE *data)
   unsigned char outc = (unsigned char)output;
 
   if(!infop->buffer) {
-    infop->buffer=(char *)malloc(32);
+    infop->buffer = malloc(32);
     if(!infop->buffer) {
       infop->fail = 1;
       return -1; /* fail */
diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index acf43a204..f8602e1d6 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
     }
 
     /* now add a node to the Curl_message linked list with this info */
-    msg = (struct Curl_message *)malloc(sizeof(struct Curl_message));
+    msg = malloc(sizeof(struct Curl_message));
 
     if(!msg)
       return CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
diff --git a/lib/nss.c b/lib/nss.c
index 301bd3e96..0b60486dd 100644
--- a/lib/nss.c
+++ b/lib/nss.c
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ nss_load_cert(const char *filename, PRBool cacert)
   else
     slotID = 1;
 
-  slotname = (char *)malloc(SLOTSIZE);
-  nickname = (char *)malloc(PATH_MAX);
+  slotname = malloc(SLOTSIZE);
+  nickname = malloc(PATH_MAX);
   snprintf(slotname, SLOTSIZE, "PEM Token #%ld", slotID);
   snprintf(nickname, PATH_MAX, "PEM Token #%ld:%s", slotID, n);
 
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static int nss_load_key(struct connectdata *conn, char *key_file)
 
   slotID = 1; /* hardcoded for now */
 
-  slotname = (char *)malloc(SLOTSIZE);
+  slotname = malloc(SLOTSIZE);
   snprintf(slotname, SLOTSIZE, "PEM Token #%ld", slotID);
 
   slot = PK11_FindSlotByName(slotname);
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static int nss_load_key(struct connectdata *conn, char *key_file)
   SECMOD_WaitForAnyTokenEvent(mod, 0, 0);
   PK11_IsPresent(slot);
 
-  parg = (pphrase_arg_t *) malloc(sizeof(*parg));
+  parg = malloc(sizeof(pphrase_arg_t));
   parg->retryCount = 0;
   parg->data = conn->data;
   /* parg is initialized in nss_Init_Tokens() */
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static SECStatus nss_Init_Tokens(struct connectdata * conn)
   SECStatus ret, status = SECSuccess;
   pphrase_arg_t *parg = NULL;
 
-  parg = (pphrase_arg_t *) malloc(sizeof(*parg));
+  parg = malloc(sizeof(pphrase_arg_t));
   parg->retryCount = 0;
   parg->data = conn->data;
 
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static SECStatus SelectClientCert(void *arg, PRFileDesc *sock,
 
     if(!strncmp(nickname, "PEM Token", 9)) {
       CK_SLOT_ID slotID = 1; /* hardcoded for now */
-      char * slotname = (char *)malloc(SLOTSIZE);
+      char * slotname = malloc(SLOTSIZE);
       snprintf(slotname, SLOTSIZE, "PEM Token #%ld", slotID);
       slot = PK11_FindSlotByName(slotname);
       privKey = PK11_FindPrivateKeyFromCert(slot, cert, NULL);
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_nss_connect(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
     NSS_SetDomesticPolicy();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PK11_CREATEGENERICOBJECT
-    configstring = (char *)malloc(PATH_MAX);
+    configstring = malloc(PATH_MAX);
 
     PR_snprintf(configstring, PATH_MAX, "library=%s name=PEM", pem_library);
 
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_nss_connect(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
     char *n;
     char *nickname;
 
-    nickname = (char *)malloc(PATH_MAX);
+    nickname = malloc(PATH_MAX);
     if(is_file(data->set.str[STRING_CERT])) {
       n = strrchr(data->set.str[STRING_CERT], '/');
       if(n) {
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_nss_connect(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
   if (data->set.str[STRING_SSL_ISSUERCERT]) {
     char *n;
     char *nickname;
-    nickname = (char *)malloc(PATH_MAX);
+    nickname = malloc(PATH_MAX);
     if(is_file(data->set.str[STRING_SSL_ISSUERCERT])) {
       n = strrchr(data->set.str[STRING_SSL_ISSUERCERT], '/');
       if (n) {
diff --git a/lib/nwlib.c b/lib/nwlib.c
index 3a3e28ef8..185042b29 100644
--- a/lib/nwlib.c
+++ b/lib/nwlib.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ int GetOrSetUpData(int id, libdata_t **appData,
     NXLock(gLibLock);
 
     if(!(app_data = (libdata_t *) get_app_data(id))) {
-      app_data = (libdata_t *) malloc(sizeof(libdata_t));
+      app_data = malloc(sizeof(libdata_t));
 
       if(app_data) {
         memset(app_data, 0, sizeof(libdata_t));
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ int GetOrSetUpData(int id, libdata_t **appData,
 ** important, this just helps to demonstrate that we can have arbitrarily
 ** complex per-thread data.
 */
-      thread_data = (libthreaddata_t *) malloc(sizeof(libthreaddata_t));
+      thread_data = malloc(sizeof(libthreaddata_t));
 
       if(thread_data) {
         thread_data->_errno      = 0;
diff --git a/lib/sendf.c b/lib/sendf.c
index cdab3abdd..568e7b8cd 100644
--- a/lib/sendf.c
+++ b/lib/sendf.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct curl_slist *curl_slist_append(struct curl_slist *list,
   struct curl_slist     *last;
   struct curl_slist     *new_item;
 
-  new_item = (struct curl_slist *) malloc(sizeof(struct curl_slist));
+  new_item = malloc(sizeof(struct curl_slist));
   if(new_item) {
     char *dupdata = strdup(data);
     if(dupdata) {
diff --git a/lib/share.c b/lib/share.c
index 3a5f072bd..6430611b3 100644
--- a/lib/share.c
+++ b/lib/share.c
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 CURLSH *
 curl_share_init(void)
 {
-  struct Curl_share *share =
-    (struct Curl_share *)malloc(sizeof(struct Curl_share));
+  struct Curl_share *share = malloc(sizeof(struct Curl_share));
   if(share) {
     memset (share, 0, sizeof(struct Curl_share));
     share->specifier |= (1<<CURL_LOCK_DATA_SHARE);
diff --git a/lib/splay.c b/lib/splay.c
index c64ccdaea..de49af0d9 100644
--- a/lib/splay.c
+++ b/lib/splay.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ int main(int argc, argv_item_t argv[])
 
   for (i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
     struct timeval key;
-    ptrs[i] = t = (struct Curl_tree *)malloc(sizeof(struct Curl_tree));
+    ptrs[i] = t = malloc(sizeof(struct Curl_tree));
 
     key.tv_sec = 0;
 #ifdef TEST2
diff --git a/lib/ssh.c b/lib/ssh.c
index 1d4e0280c..dbece956a 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.c
+++ b/lib/ssh.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static CURLcode ssh_getworkingpath(struct connectdata *conn,
 
   /* Check for /~/ , indicating relative to the user's home directory */
   if(conn->protocol & PROT_SCP) {
-    real_path = (char *)malloc(working_path_len+1);
+    real_path = malloc(working_path_len+1);
     if(real_path == NULL) {
       free(working_path);
       return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static CURLcode ssh_getworkingpath(struct connectdata *conn,
   else if(conn->protocol & PROT_SFTP) {
     if((working_path_len > 1) && (working_path[1] == '~')) {
       size_t homelen = strlen(homedir);
-      real_path = (char *)malloc(homelen + working_path_len + 1);
+      real_path = malloc(homelen + working_path_len + 1);
       if(real_path == NULL) {
         free(working_path);
         return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static CURLcode ssh_getworkingpath(struct connectdata *conn,
       }
     }
     else {
-      real_path = (char *)malloc(working_path_len+1);
+      real_path = malloc(working_path_len+1);
       if(real_path == NULL) {
         free(working_path);
         return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -1403,12 +1403,12 @@ static CURLcode ssh_statemach_act(struct connectdata *conn)
         break;
       }
     }
-    if((sshc->readdir_filename = (char *)malloc(PATH_MAX+1)) == NULL) {
+    if((sshc->readdir_filename = malloc(PATH_MAX+1)) == NULL) {
       state(conn, SSH_SFTP_CLOSE);
       sshc->actualcode = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       break;
     }
-    if((sshc->readdir_longentry = (char *)malloc(PATH_MAX+1)) == NULL) {
+    if((sshc->readdir_longentry = malloc(PATH_MAX+1)) == NULL) {
       Curl_safefree(sshc->readdir_filename);
       sshc->readdir_filename = NULL;
       state(conn, SSH_SFTP_CLOSE);
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ static CURLcode ssh_statemach_act(struct connectdata *conn)
         if((sshc->readdir_attrs.flags & LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTR_PERMISSIONS) &&
            ((sshc->readdir_attrs.permissions & LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IFMT) ==
             LIBSSH2_SFTP_S_IFLNK)) {
-          sshc->readdir_linkPath = (char *)malloc(PATH_MAX + 1);
+          sshc->readdir_linkPath = malloc(PATH_MAX + 1);
           if(sshc->readdir_linkPath == NULL) {
             Curl_safefree(sshc->readdir_filename);
             sshc->readdir_filename = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/strdup.c b/lib/strdup.c
index eef9e08ec..7587285a1 100644
--- a/lib/strdup.c
+++ b/lib/strdup.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ char *curlx_strdup(const char *str)
   if(len >= ((size_t)-1) / sizeof(char))
     return (char *)NULL;
 
-  newstr = (char *) malloc((len+1)*sizeof(char));
+  newstr = malloc((len+1)*sizeof(char));
   if(!newstr)
     return (char *)NULL;
 
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index baf7c19e8..2cabc3b4f 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ static char *concat_url(const char *base, const char *relurl)
 
   urllen = strlen(url_clone);
 
-  newest=(char *)malloc( urllen + 1 + /* possible slash */
+  newest = malloc( urllen + 1 + /* possible slash */
 			 newlen + 1 /* zero byte */);
 
   if(!newest) {
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 8b4bdaeca..197548a12 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_open(struct SessionHandle **curl)
 
   /* We do some initial setup here, all those fields that can't be just 0 */
 
-  data->state.headerbuff=(char*)malloc(HEADERSIZE);
+  data->state.headerbuff = malloc(HEADERSIZE);
   if(!data->state.headerbuff) {
     DEBUGF(fprintf(stderr, "Error: malloc of headerbuff failed\n"));
     res = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -4154,12 +4154,12 @@ static CURLcode create_conn(struct SessionHandle *data,
    */
 
   Curl_safefree(data->state.pathbuffer);
-  data->state.pathbuffer=(char *)malloc(urllen+2);
+  data->state.pathbuffer = malloc(urllen+2);
   if(NULL == data->state.pathbuffer)
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY; /* really bad error */
   data->state.path = data->state.pathbuffer;
 
-  conn->host.rawalloc=(char *)malloc(urllen+2);
+  conn->host.rawalloc = malloc(urllen+2);
   if(NULL == conn->host.rawalloc)
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
diff --git a/packages/OS400/ccsidcurl.c b/packages/OS400/ccsidcurl.c
index 27412afa2..9b91bd8b1 100644
--- a/packages/OS400/ccsidcurl.c
+++ b/packages/OS400/ccsidcurl.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ curl_formadd_ccsid(struct curl_httppost * * httppost,
   /* Allocate the local curl_forms array. */
 
   lformlen = ALLOC_GRANULE;
-  lforms = (struct curl_forms *) malloc(lformlen * sizeof * lforms);
+  lforms = malloc(lformlen * sizeof(struct curl_forms));
 
   if (!lforms)
     return CURL_FORMADD_MEMORY;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 81f1dfd9c..e29d78212 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ AddMultiFiles (const char *file_name,
   struct multi_files *multi;
   struct multi_files *multi_type = NULL;
   struct multi_files *multi_name = NULL;
-  multi = (struct multi_files *)malloc(sizeof(struct multi_files));
+  multi = malloc(sizeof(struct multi_files));
   if (multi) {
     memset(multi, 0, sizeof(struct multi_files));
     multi->form.option = CURLFORM_FILE;
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ AddMultiFiles (const char *file_name,
     *multi_start = multi;
 
   if (type_name) {
-    multi_type = (struct multi_files *)malloc(sizeof(struct multi_files));
+    multi_type = malloc(sizeof(struct multi_files));
     if (multi_type) {
       memset(multi_type, 0, sizeof(struct multi_files));
       multi_type->form.option = CURLFORM_CONTENTTYPE;
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ AddMultiFiles (const char *file_name,
     }
   }
   if (show_filename) {
-    multi_name = (struct multi_files *)malloc(sizeof(struct multi_files));
+    multi_name = malloc(sizeof(struct multi_files));
     if (multi_name) {
       memset(multi_name, 0, sizeof(struct multi_files));
       multi_name->form.option = CURLFORM_FILENAME;
@@ -1192,8 +1192,7 @@ static int formparse(struct Configurable *config,
           ptr = ptr->next;
           ++count;
         }
-        forms =
-          (struct curl_forms *)malloc((count+1)*sizeof(struct curl_forms));
+        forms = malloc((count+1)*sizeof(struct curl_forms));
         if (!forms)
         {
           fprintf(config->errors, "Error building form post!\n");
@@ -3726,7 +3725,7 @@ static void FindWin32CACert(struct Configurable *config,
   if(curlinfo->features & CURL_VERSION_SSL) {
     DWORD buflen;
     char *ptr = NULL;
-    char *retval = (char *) malloc(sizeof (TCHAR) * (MAX_PATH + 1));
+    char *retval = malloc(sizeof (TCHAR) * (MAX_PATH + 1));
     if (!retval)
       return;
     retval[0] = '\0';
@@ -4370,7 +4369,7 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, argv_item_t argv[])
             filep = curl_easy_escape(curl, filep, 0 /* use strlen */);
 
             if(filep) {
-              char *urlbuffer=(char *)malloc(strlen(url) + strlen(filep) + 3);
+              char *urlbuffer = malloc(strlen(url) + strlen(filep) + 3);
               if(!urlbuffer) {
                 helpf(config->errors, "out of memory\n");
                 return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -4471,7 +4470,7 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, argv_item_t argv[])
           /*
            * Then append ? followed by the get fields to the url.
            */
-          urlbuffer=(char *)malloc(strlen(url) + strlen(httpgetfields) + 3);
+          urlbuffer = malloc(strlen(url) + strlen(httpgetfields) + 3);
           if(!urlbuffer) {
             helpf(config->errors, "out of memory\n");
             return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
diff --git a/src/urlglob.c b/src/urlglob.c
index f1223f793..711a7e9f5 100644
--- a/src/urlglob.c
+++ b/src/urlglob.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static GlobCode glob_set(URLGlob *glob, char *pattern,
   pat->type = UPTSet;
   pat->content.Set.size = 0;
   pat->content.Set.ptr_s = 0;
+  /* FIXME: Here's a nasty zero size malloc */
   pat->content.Set.elements = (char**)malloc(0);
   ++glob->size;
 
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ int glob_url(URLGlob** glob, char* url, int *urlnum, FILE *error)
    */
   URLGlob *glob_expand;
   int amount;
-  char *glob_buffer=(char *)malloc(strlen(url)+1);
+  char *glob_buffer = malloc(strlen(url)+1);
 
   *glob = NULL;
   if(NULL == glob_buffer)
diff --git a/tests/server/getpart.c b/tests/server/getpart.c
index 72a6d0f6d..d32f480d2 100644
--- a/tests/server/getpart.c
+++ b/tests/server/getpart.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const char *spitout(FILE *stream,
     STATE_ILLEGAL
   } state = STATE_OUTSIDE;
 
-  string = (char *)malloc(stralloc);
+  string = malloc(stralloc);
   if(!string)
     return NULL;