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Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:00:31 +0200 From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> To: Eric Sandeen <esandeen@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: ext4: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ext4_multi_mount_protect() >> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function. > > I might be dense, but what makes this message "extra?" > > (I suppose kmalloc squawks too if it fails, Do you find the default allocation failure report sufficient? > but is Coccinelle now warning about explicit memory allocation failure warnings?) This software tool can help to find source code places for further development considerations. Would you like to clarify a corresponding search pattern a bit more? Regards, Markus
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