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

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Date:   Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:19:05 +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] airspy: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in airspy_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:00:09 +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/usb/airspy/airspy.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c b/drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c
index e70c9e2f3798..72b36dbcc0ba 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/airspy/airspy.c
@@ -985,7 +985,5 @@ static int airspy_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
-	if (s == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&intf->dev, "Could not allocate memory for state\n");
+	if (!s)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	mutex_init(&s->v4l2_lock);
 	mutex_init(&s->vb_queue_lock);
-- 
2.14.1