linux-kernel - [PATCH] TC: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in tc_bus_add

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Date:   Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:48:09 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
        Ralf Bächle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] TC: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in
 tc_bus_add_devices()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:42:42 +0100

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/tc/tc.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tc/tc.c b/drivers/tc/tc.c
index 3be9519654e5..2deb3768a9f6 100644
--- a/drivers/tc/tc.c
+++ b/drivers/tc/tc.c
@@ -82,10 +82,9 @@ static void __init tc_bus_add_devices(struct tc_bus *tbus)
 
 		/* Found a board, allocate it an entry in the list */
 		tdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*tdev), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tdev) {
-			pr_err("tc%x: unable to allocate tc_dev\n", slot);
+		if (!tdev)
 			goto out_err;
-		}
+
 		dev_set_name(&tdev->dev, "tc%x", slot);
 		tdev->bus = tbus;
 		tdev->dev.parent = &tbus->dev;
-- 
2.15.1