linux-kernel - [PATCH] ARM: topology: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in parse_cpu

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Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 18:35:52 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: topology: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in parse_cpu_capacity()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 18:28:43 +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>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/topology.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
index f8a3ab82e77f..db81ec24f8d3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ static int __init parse_cpu_capacity(struct device_node *cpu_node, int cpu)
 					       sizeof(*raw_capacity),
 					       GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!raw_capacity) {
-				pr_err("cpu_capacity: failed to allocate memory for raw capacities\n");
 				cap_parsing_failed = true;
 				return !ret;
 			}
-- 
2.13.0