diff --git a/applypatch/imgdiff.cpp b/applypatch/imgdiff.cpp
index 7c5bb86..f6087de 100644
--- a/applypatch/imgdiff.cpp
+++ b/applypatch/imgdiff.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
   }
 
   size_t sz = static_cast<size_t>(st.st_size);
-  unsigned char* img = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(sz));
+  unsigned char* img = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(sz));
   FILE* f = fopen(filename, "rb");
   if (fread(img, 1, sz, f) != sz) {
     printf("failed to read \"%s\" %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
   int cdcount = Read2(img+i+8);
   int cdoffset = Read4(img+i+16);
 
-  ZipFileEntry* temp_entries = reinterpret_cast<ZipFileEntry*>(malloc(
+  ZipFileEntry* temp_entries = static_cast<ZipFileEntry*>(malloc(
       cdcount * sizeof(ZipFileEntry)));
   int entrycount = 0;
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
     int mlen = Read2(cd+32);   // file comment len
     int hoffset = Read4(cd+42);   // local header offset
 
-    char* filename = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(nlen+1));
+    char* filename = static_cast<char*>(malloc(nlen+1));
     memcpy(filename, cd+46, nlen);
     filename[nlen] = '\0';
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 #endif
 
   *num_chunks = 0;
-  *chunks = reinterpret_cast<ImageChunk*>(malloc((entrycount*2+2) * sizeof(ImageChunk)));
+  *chunks = static_cast<ImageChunk*>(malloc((entrycount*2+2) * sizeof(ImageChunk)));
   ImageChunk* curr = *chunks;
 
   if (include_pseudo_chunk) {
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
       curr->filename = temp_entries[nextentry].filename;
 
       curr->len = temp_entries[nextentry].uncomp_len;
-      curr->data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(curr->len));
+      curr->data = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(curr->len));
 
       z_stream strm;
       strm.zalloc = Z_NULL;
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
   }
 
   size_t sz = static_cast<size_t>(st.st_size);
-  unsigned char* img = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(sz + 4));
+  unsigned char* img = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(sz + 4));
   FILE* f = fopen(filename, "rb");
   if (fread(img, 1, sz, f) != sz) {
     printf("failed to read \"%s\" %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
       size_t chunk_offset = pos;
 
       *num_chunks += 3;
-      *chunks = reinterpret_cast<ImageChunk*>(realloc(*chunks,
+      *chunks = static_cast<ImageChunk*>(realloc(*chunks,
           *num_chunks * sizeof(ImageChunk)));
       ImageChunk* curr = *chunks + (*num_chunks-3);
 
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
 
       size_t allocated = 32768;
       curr->len = 0;
-      curr->data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(allocated));
+      curr->data = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(allocated));
       curr->start = pos;
       curr->deflate_data = p;
 
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
         curr->len = allocated - strm.avail_out;
         if (strm.avail_out == 0) {
           allocated *= 2;
-          curr->data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(realloc(curr->data, allocated));
+          curr->data = static_cast<unsigned char*>(realloc(curr->data, allocated));
         }
       } while (ret != Z_STREAM_END);
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
       // Reallocate the list for every chunk; we expect the number of
       // chunks to be small (5 for typical boot and recovery images).
       ++*num_chunks;
-      *chunks = reinterpret_cast<ImageChunk*>(realloc(*chunks, *num_chunks * sizeof(ImageChunk)));
+      *chunks = static_cast<ImageChunk*>(realloc(*chunks, *num_chunks * sizeof(ImageChunk)));
       ImageChunk* curr = *chunks + (*num_chunks-1);
       curr->start = pos;
 
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
     return -1;
   }
 
-  unsigned char* out = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(BUFFER_SIZE));
+  unsigned char* out = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(BUFFER_SIZE));
 
   // We only check two combinations of encoder parameters:  level 6
   // (the default) and level 9 (the maximum).
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
 
   size_t sz = static_cast<size_t>(st.st_size);
   // TODO: Memory leak on error return.
-  unsigned char* data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(sz));
+  unsigned char* data = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(sz));
 
   if (tgt->type == CHUNK_NORMAL && tgt->len <= sz) {
     unlink(ptemp);
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@
       return 1;
     }
     bonus_size = st.st_size;
-    bonus_data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(bonus_size));
+    bonus_data = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(bonus_size));
     FILE* f = fopen(argv[2], "rb");
     if (f == NULL) {
       printf("failed to open bonus file %s: %s\n", argv[2], strerror(errno));
@@ -959,9 +959,9 @@
   DumpChunks(src_chunks, num_src_chunks);
 
   printf("Construct patches for %d chunks...\n", num_tgt_chunks);
-  unsigned char** patch_data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char**>(malloc(
+  unsigned char** patch_data = static_cast<unsigned char**>(malloc(
       num_tgt_chunks * sizeof(unsigned char*)));
-  size_t* patch_size = reinterpret_cast<size_t*>(malloc(num_tgt_chunks * sizeof(size_t)));
+  size_t* patch_size = static_cast<size_t*>(malloc(num_tgt_chunks * sizeof(size_t)));
   for (i = 0; i < num_tgt_chunks; ++i) {
     if (zip_mode) {
       ImageChunk* src;
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
     } else {
       if (i == 1 && bonus_data) {
         printf("  using %zu bytes of bonus data for chunk %d\n", bonus_size, i);
-        src_chunks[i].data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(realloc(src_chunks[i].data,
+        src_chunks[i].data = static_cast<unsigned char*>(realloc(src_chunks[i].data,
             src_chunks[i].len + bonus_size));
         memcpy(src_chunks[i].data+src_chunks[i].len, bonus_data, bonus_size);
         src_chunks[i].len += bonus_size;
diff --git a/minadbd/minadbd_services.cpp b/minadbd/minadbd_services.cpp
index 003b519..426d982 100644
--- a/minadbd/minadbd_services.cpp
+++ b/minadbd/minadbd_services.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-    stinfo* sti = reinterpret_cast<stinfo*>(malloc(sizeof(stinfo)));
+    stinfo* sti = static_cast<stinfo*>(malloc(sizeof(stinfo)));
     if(sti == 0) fatal("cannot allocate stinfo");
     sti->func = func;
     sti->cookie = cookie;
diff --git a/minui/graphics.cpp b/minui/graphics.cpp
index ab56a6f..0680c32 100644
--- a/minui/graphics.cpp
+++ b/minui/graphics.cpp
@@ -298,14 +298,14 @@
 
 
     // fall back to the compiled-in font.
-    gr_font = reinterpret_cast<GRFont*>(calloc(1, sizeof(*gr_font)));
-    gr_font->texture = reinterpret_cast<GRSurface*>(malloc(sizeof(*gr_font->texture)));
+    gr_font = static_cast<GRFont*>(calloc(sizeof(*gr_font), 1));
+    gr_font->texture = static_cast<GRSurface*>(malloc(sizeof(*gr_font->texture)));
     gr_font->texture->width = font.width;
     gr_font->texture->height = font.height;
     gr_font->texture->row_bytes = font.width;
     gr_font->texture->pixel_bytes = 1;
 
-    unsigned char* bits = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(font.width * font.height));
+    unsigned char* bits = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(font.width * font.height));
     gr_font->texture->data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(bits);
 
     unsigned char data;
diff --git a/minui/graphics_adf.cpp b/minui/graphics_adf.cpp
index 3c35410..9e262b0 100644
--- a/minui/graphics_adf.cpp
+++ b/minui/graphics_adf.cpp
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@
     surf->base.row_bytes = surf->pitch;
     surf->base.pixel_bytes = (pdata->format == DRM_FORMAT_RGB565) ? 2 : 4;
 
-    surf->base.data = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(mmap(NULL,
-                                                      surf->pitch * surf->base.height, PROT_WRITE,
-                                                      MAP_SHARED, surf->fd, surf->offset));
+    surf->base.data = static_cast<uint8_t*>(mmap(NULL,
+                                                 surf->pitch * surf->base.height, PROT_WRITE,
+                                                 MAP_SHARED, surf->fd, surf->offset));
     if (surf->base.data == MAP_FAILED) {
         close(surf->fd);
         return -errno;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
 minui_backend *open_adf()
 {
-    adf_pdata* pdata = reinterpret_cast<adf_pdata*>(calloc(1, sizeof(*pdata)));
+    adf_pdata* pdata = static_cast<adf_pdata*>(calloc(1, sizeof(*pdata)));
     if (!pdata) {
         perror("allocating adf backend failed");
         return NULL;
diff --git a/minui/graphics_fbdev.cpp b/minui/graphics_fbdev.cpp
index 0788f75..631ef4e 100644
--- a/minui/graphics_fbdev.cpp
+++ b/minui/graphics_fbdev.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     gr_framebuffer[0].height = vi.yres;
     gr_framebuffer[0].row_bytes = fi.line_length;
     gr_framebuffer[0].pixel_bytes = vi.bits_per_pixel / 8;
-    gr_framebuffer[0].data = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(bits);
+    gr_framebuffer[0].data = static_cast<uint8_t*>(bits);
     memset(gr_framebuffer[0].data, 0, gr_framebuffer[0].height * gr_framebuffer[0].row_bytes);
 
     /* check if we can use double buffering */
diff --git a/minui/resources.cpp b/minui/resources.cpp
index 455ef27..34e7b8b 100644
--- a/minui/resources.cpp
+++ b/minui/resources.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 static GRSurface* malloc_surface(size_t data_size) {
     size_t size = sizeof(GRSurface) + data_size + SURFACE_DATA_ALIGNMENT;
-    unsigned char* temp = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(size));
+    unsigned char* temp = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(size));
     if (temp == NULL) return NULL;
     GRSurface* surface = reinterpret_cast<GRSurface*>(temp);
     surface->data = temp + sizeof(GRSurface) +
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     png_set_bgr(png_ptr);
 #endif
 
-    p_row = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(width * 4));
+    p_row = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(width * 4));
     for (y = 0; y < height; ++y) {
         png_read_row(png_ptr, p_row, NULL);
         transform_rgb_to_draw(p_row, surface->data + y * surface->row_bytes, channels, width);
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
         goto exit;
     }
 
-    surface = reinterpret_cast<GRSurface**>(calloc(*frames, sizeof(GRSurface*)));
+    surface = static_cast<GRSurface**>(calloc(*frames, sizeof(GRSurface*)));
     if (surface == NULL) {
         result = -8;
         goto exit;
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
     png_set_bgr(png_ptr);
 #endif
 
-    p_row = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(width * 4));
+    p_row = static_cast<unsigned char*>(malloc(width * 4));
     for (y = 0; y < height; ++y) {
         png_read_row(png_ptr, p_row, NULL);
         int frame = y % *frames;