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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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