linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/7] cfag12864b: Delete an error message for a failed kmalloc

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Date:   Sat, 10 Sep 2016 16:26:16 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] cfag12864b: Delete an error message for a failed
 kmalloc_array() call

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 14:54:05 +0200

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

Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c
index 88260f4..fd07fad 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c
@@ -351,9 +351,6 @@ static int __init cfag12864b_init(void)
 					 sizeof(*cfag12864b_cache),
 					 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (cfag12864b_cache == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR CFAG12864B_NAME ": ERROR: "
-			"can't alloc cache buffer (%i bytes)\n",
-			CFAG12864B_SIZE);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bufferalloced;
 	}
-- 
2.10.0