linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ssb: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ssb_devices

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 22:46:24 +0200
From:   Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ssb: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in ssb_devices_register()

On Wed, 17 May 2017 18:22:49 +0200
SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 18:12:16 +0200
> 
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> 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/ssb/main.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ssb/main.c b/drivers/ssb/main.c
> index d1a750760cf3..65420a9f0e82 100644
> --- a/drivers/ssb/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/ssb/main.c
> @@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ static int ssb_devices_register(struct ssb_bus *bus)
>  
>  		devwrap = kzalloc(sizeof(*devwrap), GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!devwrap) {
> -			ssb_err("Could not allocate device\n");
>  			err = -ENOMEM;
>  			goto error;
>  		}


This looks good.

Acked-by: Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>


-- 
Michael

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