linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] mtd/rfd_ftl: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in scan

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Date:   Sat, 6 Jan 2018 16:07:45 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] mtd/rfd_ftl: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in scan_header()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 14:07:31 +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/mtd/rfd_ftl.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/rfd_ftl.c b/drivers/mtd/rfd_ftl.c
index d1cbf26db2c0..efff25f15d5b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/rfd_ftl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/rfd_ftl.c
@@ -190,11 +190,8 @@ static int scan_header(struct partition *part)
 		goto err;
 
 	part->sector_map = vmalloc(part->sector_count * sizeof(u_long));
-	if (!part->sector_map) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "'%s': unable to allocate memory for "
-			"sector map", part->mbd.mtd->name);
+	if (!part->sector_map)
 		goto err;
-	}
 
 	for (i=0; i<part->sector_count; i++)
 		part->sector_map[i] = -1;
-- 
2.15.1