linux-kernel - [PATCH] mfd/htc-i2cpld: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in htcpld_setup

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Date:   Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:06:30 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mfd/htc-i2cpld: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in htcpld_setup_chips()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:02:16 +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/mfd/htc-i2cpld.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/htc-i2cpld.c b/drivers/mfd/htc-i2cpld.c
index 3f9eee5f8fb9..4bf8b7781c77 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/htc-i2cpld.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/htc-i2cpld.c
@@ -479,10 +479,8 @@ static int htcpld_setup_chips(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	htcpld->nchips = pdata->num_chip;
 	htcpld->chip = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct htcpld_chip) * htcpld->nchips,
 				    GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!htcpld->chip) {
-		dev_warn(dev, "Unable to allocate memory for chips\n");
+	if (!htcpld->chip)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	/* Add the chips as best we can */
 	for (i = 0; i < htcpld->nchips; i++) {
-- 
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