linux-kernel - Re: pwm: atmel-tcb: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in atmel_tcb_pwm

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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:12:13 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pwm: atmel-tcb: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in atmel_tcb_pwm_probe()

>> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Can you point which coccinelle script highlited this issue?

Not directly (so far).

I constructed an approach for the semantic patch language based on
information from the script “checkpatch.pl”.
Would you like to improve it any ways?

Regards,
Markus