linux-kernel - [PATCH] [media] au0828: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in au0828_usb

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Date:   Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:50:20 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [media] au0828: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in au0828_usb_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:40:31 +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/au0828/au0828-core.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
index cd363a2100d4..9c5c05c90e15 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
@@ -583,7 +583,5 @@ static int au0828_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
-	if (dev == NULL) {
-		pr_err("%s() Unable to allocate memory\n", __func__);
+	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	mutex_init(&dev->lock);
 	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
-- 
2.14.1