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Date:   Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:08:39 -0600
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci/setup-bus: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in add_to_list()

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 12:47:11PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:15:16 +0100
> 
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.

If this is an "extra" message, I assume there's some other message?
Can you mention where that is in the changelog?

Also, please squash all the drivers/pci patches into one.

> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/setup-bus.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> index b1ad466199ad..d131d29c4fdb 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> @@ -67,10 +67,8 @@ static int add_to_list(struct list_head *head,
>  	struct pci_dev_resource *tmp;
>  
>  	tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!tmp) {
> -		pr_warn("add_to_list: kmalloc() failed!\n");
> +	if (!tmp)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
>  
>  	tmp->res = res;
>  	tmp->dev = dev;
> -- 
> 2.15.1
>