From 82187b50b63ad0748d7533d083df64d247b74b6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sidharth <sidharthseela@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:30:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add cast in stack allocation for task creation

for negative portSTACK_GROWTH, add cast to stack allocation, just like it is in positive portSTACK_GROWTH
---
 tasks.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tasks.c b/tasks.c
index 1e6ecdc9ed..92f98c74c5 100644
--- a/tasks.c
+++ b/tasks.c
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t * pxNewTCB ) PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION;
             /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
             /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
             /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
-            pxStack = pvPortMallocStack( ( ( ( size_t ) uxStackDepth ) * sizeof( StackType_t ) ) );
+            pxStack = ( StackType_t * ) pvPortMallocStack( ( ( ( size_t ) uxStackDepth ) * sizeof( StackType_t ) ) );
 
             if( pxStack != NULL )
             {