if (status != VXGE_HW_OK)
                goto exit;
 
-       hldev = (struct __vxge_hw_device *)
-                       vzalloc(sizeof(struct __vxge_hw_device));
+       hldev = vzalloc(sizeof(struct __vxge_hw_device));
        if (hldev == NULL) {
                status = VXGE_HW_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
                goto exit;
                goto exit;
        }
 
-       mempool = (struct vxge_hw_mempool *)
-                       vzalloc(sizeof(struct vxge_hw_mempool));
+       mempool = vzalloc(sizeof(struct vxge_hw_mempool));
        if (mempool == NULL) {
                status = VXGE_HW_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
                goto exit;
 
        /* allocate array of memblocks */
        mempool->memblocks_arr =
-               (void **) vzalloc(sizeof(void *) * mempool->memblocks_max);
+               vzalloc(sizeof(void *) * mempool->memblocks_max);
        if (mempool->memblocks_arr == NULL) {
                __vxge_hw_mempool_destroy(mempool);
                status = VXGE_HW_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
        /* allocate array of private parts of items per memblocks */
        mempool->memblocks_priv_arr =
-               (void **) vzalloc(sizeof(void *) * mempool->memblocks_max);
+               vzalloc(sizeof(void *) * mempool->memblocks_max);
        if (mempool->memblocks_priv_arr == NULL) {
                __vxge_hw_mempool_destroy(mempool);
                status = VXGE_HW_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
        }
 
        /* allocate array of memblocks DMA objects */
-       mempool->memblocks_dma_arr = (struct vxge_hw_mempool_dma *)
+       mempool->memblocks_dma_arr =
                vzalloc(sizeof(struct vxge_hw_mempool_dma) *
                        mempool->memblocks_max);
 
        }
 
        /* allocate hash array of items */
-       mempool->items_arr =
-               (void **) vzalloc(sizeof(void *) * mempool->items_max);
+       mempool->items_arr = vzalloc(sizeof(void *) * mempool->items_max);
        if (mempool->items_arr == NULL) {
                __vxge_hw_mempool_destroy(mempool);
                status = VXGE_HW_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
        if (status != VXGE_HW_OK)
                goto vpath_open_exit1;
 
-       vp = (struct __vxge_hw_vpath_handle *)
-               vzalloc(sizeof(struct __vxge_hw_vpath_handle));
+       vp = vzalloc(sizeof(struct __vxge_hw_vpath_handle));
        if (vp == NULL) {
                status = VXGE_HW_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
                goto vpath_open_exit2;
                                item);
 
        if (entry == NULL)
-               entry = (struct __vxge_hw_blockpool_entry *)
-                       vmalloc(sizeof(struct __vxge_hw_blockpool_entry));
+               entry = vmalloc(sizeof(struct __vxge_hw_blockpool_entry));
        else
                list_del(&entry->item);
 
                                        item);
 
                if (entry == NULL)
-                       entry = (struct __vxge_hw_blockpool_entry *)
-                               vmalloc(sizeof(
+                       entry = vmalloc(sizeof(
                                        struct __vxge_hw_blockpool_entry));
                else
                        list_del(&entry->item);
 
 
        /* Copy the station mac address to the list */
        for (i = 0; i < vdev->no_of_vpath; i++) {
-               entry = (struct vxge_mac_addrs *)
-                               kzalloc(sizeof(struct vxge_mac_addrs),
-                                       GFP_KERNEL);
+               entry = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vxge_mac_addrs), GFP_KERNEL);
                if (NULL == entry) {
                        vxge_debug_init(VXGE_ERR,
                                "%s: mac_addr_list : memory allocation failed",