linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ext4_multi_mount

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Date:   Sat, 19 Aug 2017 13:47:40 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in ext4_multi_mount_protect()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 13:04:50 +0200

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 fs/ext4/mmp.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index eb9835638680..1ce00453f612 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
-	if (!mmpd_data) {
-		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for mmpd_data");
+	if (!mmpd_data)
 		goto failed;
-	}
+
 	mmpd_data->sb = sb;
 	mmpd_data->bh = bh;
 
-- 
2.14.0