diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 6279393..49d6080 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bitmap->lock, flags);
-	sb = (bitmap_super_t *)kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
+	sb = kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
 	sb->events = cpu_to_le64(bitmap->mddev->events);
 	if (bitmap->mddev->events < bitmap->events_cleared) {
 		/* rocking back to read-only */
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
 
 	if (!bitmap || !bitmap->sb_page)
 		return;
-	sb = (bitmap_super_t *)kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
+	sb = kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: bitmap file superblock:\n", bmname(bitmap));
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "         magic: %08x\n", le32_to_cpu(sb->magic));
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "       version: %d\n", le32_to_cpu(sb->version));
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	sb = (bitmap_super_t *)kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
+	sb = kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
 
 	chunksize = le32_to_cpu(sb->chunksize);
 	daemon_sleep = le32_to_cpu(sb->daemon_sleep) * HZ;
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bitmap->lock, flags);
-	sb = (bitmap_super_t *)kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
+	sb = kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
 	old = le32_to_cpu(sb->state) & bits;
 	switch (op) {
 		case MASK_SET: sb->state |= cpu_to_le32(bits);
diff --git a/drivers/md/faulty.c b/drivers/md/faulty.c
index 713acd0..608a8d3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/faulty.c
+++ b/drivers/md/faulty.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	mddev_t *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	conf_t *conf = (conf_t*)mddev->private;
+	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int failit = 0;
 
 	if (bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE) {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 
 static void status(struct seq_file *seq, mddev_t *mddev)
 {
-	conf_t *conf = (conf_t*)mddev->private;
+	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int n;
 
 	if ((n=atomic_read(&conf->counters[WriteTransient])) != 0)
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 
 static int stop(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
-	conf_t *conf = (conf_t *)mddev->private;
+	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 
 	kfree(conf);
 	mddev->private = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 5558ebc..97befd5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 static void multipath_end_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
 	int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-	struct multipath_bh * mp_bh = (struct multipath_bh *)(bio->bi_private);
+	struct multipath_bh *mp_bh = bio->bi_private;
 	multipath_conf_t *conf = mp_bh->mddev->private;
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev = conf->multipaths[mp_bh->path].rdev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 1ab30f6..23a7516 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 static void raid1_end_read_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
 	int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-	r1bio_t * r1_bio = (r1bio_t *)(bio->bi_private);
+	r1bio_t *r1_bio = bio->bi_private;
 	int mirror;
 	conf_t *conf = r1_bio->mddev->private;
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 static void raid1_end_write_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
 	int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-	r1bio_t * r1_bio = (r1bio_t *)(bio->bi_private);
+	r1bio_t *r1_bio = bio->bi_private;
 	int mirror, behind = test_bit(R1BIO_BehindIO, &r1_bio->state);
 	conf_t *conf = r1_bio->mddev->private;
 	struct bio *to_put = NULL;
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@
 
 static void end_sync_read(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
-	r1bio_t * r1_bio = (r1bio_t *)(bio->bi_private);
+	r1bio_t *r1_bio = bio->bi_private;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i=r1_bio->mddev->raid_disks; i--; )
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@
 static void end_sync_write(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
 	int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-	r1bio_t * r1_bio = (r1bio_t *)(bio->bi_private);
+	r1bio_t *r1_bio = bio->bi_private;
 	mddev_t *mddev = r1_bio->mddev;
 	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int i;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index b4ba41e..b90fef6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 static void raid10_end_read_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
 	int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-	r10bio_t * r10_bio = (r10bio_t *)(bio->bi_private);
+	r10bio_t *r10_bio = bio->bi_private;
 	int slot, dev;
 	conf_t *conf = r10_bio->mddev->private;
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 static void raid10_end_write_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
 	int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-	r10bio_t * r10_bio = (r10bio_t *)(bio->bi_private);
+	r10bio_t *r10_bio = bio->bi_private;
 	int slot, dev;
 	conf_t *conf = r10_bio->mddev->private;
 
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@
 
 static void end_sync_read(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
-	r10bio_t * r10_bio = (r10bio_t *)(bio->bi_private);
+	r10bio_t *r10_bio = bio->bi_private;
 	conf_t *conf = r10_bio->mddev->private;
 	int i,d;
 
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@
 static void end_sync_write(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
 	int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-	r10bio_t * r10_bio = (r10bio_t *)(bio->bi_private);
+	r10bio_t *r10_bio = bio->bi_private;
 	mddev_t *mddev = r10_bio->mddev;
 	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int i,d;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index a361398..10af371 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
 static void error(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 {
 	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-	raid5_conf_t *conf = (raid5_conf_t *) mddev->private;
+	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	pr_debug("raid5: error called\n");
 
 	if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
@@ -4057,7 +4057,7 @@
 	 * As the reads complete, handle_stripe will copy the data
 	 * into the destination stripe and release that stripe.
 	 */
-	raid5_conf_t *conf = (raid5_conf_t *) mddev->private;
+	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	struct stripe_head *sh;
 	sector_t first_sector, last_sector;
 	int raid_disks = conf->previous_raid_disks;
@@ -4266,7 +4266,7 @@
 /* FIXME go_faster isn't used */
 static inline sector_t sync_request(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *skipped, int go_faster)
 {
-	raid5_conf_t *conf = (raid5_conf_t *) mddev->private;
+	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	struct stripe_head *sh;
 	sector_t max_sector = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	int sync_blocks;
@@ -5132,7 +5132,7 @@
 
 static int stop(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
-	raid5_conf_t *conf = (raid5_conf_t *) mddev->private;
+	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 
 	md_unregister_thread(mddev->thread);
 	mddev->thread = NULL;
@@ -5181,7 +5181,7 @@
 
 static void status(struct seq_file *seq, mddev_t *mddev)
 {
-	raid5_conf_t *conf = (raid5_conf_t *) mddev->private;
+	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int i;
 
 	seq_printf(seq, " level %d, %dk chunk, algorithm %d", mddev->level,