linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] [media] adv7842: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in adv7842

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Date:   Sat, 2 Sep 2017 15:08:49 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] [media] adv7842: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in adv7842_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 12:50:19 +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/i2c/adv7842.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/adv7842.c b/drivers/media/i2c/adv7842.c
index 303effda1a2e..366a294edd7b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/adv7842.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/adv7842.c
@@ -3471,7 +3471,5 @@ static int adv7842_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
-	if (!state) {
-		v4l_err(client, "Could not allocate adv7842_state memory!\n");
+	if (!state)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	/* platform data */
 	state->pdata = *pdata;
-- 
2.14.1