linux-kernel - [PATCH] [media] Maxi Radio: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in maxiradio

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Date:   Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:40:26 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [media] Maxi Radio: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in maxiradio_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:15:29 +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/radio/radio-maxiradio.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/radio-maxiradio.c b/drivers/media/radio/radio-maxiradio.c
index 3aa5ad391581..995bdc7ff4e6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/radio/radio-maxiradio.c
+++ b/drivers/media/radio/radio-maxiradio.c
@@ -125,7 +125,5 @@ static int maxiradio_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
-	if (dev == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "not enough memory\n");
+	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	v4l2_dev = &dev->v4l2_dev;
 	v4l2_device_set_name(v4l2_dev, "maxiradio", &maxiradio_instance);
-- 
2.14.1