linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-smo8800: Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message

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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:30:53 +0100
From:   Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:     Dhaval Shah <dhaval.shah@...tnautics.com>
Cc:     dvhart@...radead.org, andy@...radead.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-smo8800: Possible unnecessary 'out of
 memory' message

On Wednesday 13 December 2017 13:53:54 Dhaval Shah wrote:
> Removed Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message checkpatch warnings.
> Issue found by checkpatch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dhaval Shah <dhaval.shah@...tnautics.com>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c
> index 1d87237bc731..9590d5e7c5ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smo8800.c
> @@ -150,10 +150,8 @@ static int smo8800_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>  	struct smo8800_device *smo8800;
>  
>  	smo8800 = devm_kzalloc(&device->dev, sizeof(*smo8800), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!smo8800) {
> -		dev_err(&device->dev, "failed to allocate device data\n");

Hi! Any particular reason for removing error message?

> +	if (!smo8800)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
>  
>  	smo8800->dev = &device->dev;
>  	smo8800->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com