linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] [media] Cypress: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in cypress_load

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:09:57 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [media] Cypress: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in cypress_load_firmware()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:46:57 +0200

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

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c b/drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c
index 50e3f76d4847..bfe47bc5f716 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/cypress_firmware.c
@@ -78,7 +78,5 @@ int cypress_load_firmware(struct usb_device *udev,
-	if (!hx) {
-		dev_err(&udev->dev, "%s: kmalloc() failed\n", KBUILD_MODNAME);
+	if (!hx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	/* stop the CPU */
 	hx->data[0] = 1;
-- 
2.14.1