linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] pata_macio: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in two functions

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Date:   Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:38:20 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] pata_macio: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in two functions

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:01:45 +0100

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in these functions.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/ata/pata_macio.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c b/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
index 0adcb40d2794..9588e685d994 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
@@ -1131,11 +1131,9 @@ static int pata_macio_attach(struct macio_dev *mdev,
 	/* Allocate and init private data structure */
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&mdev->ofdev.dev,
 			    sizeof(struct pata_macio_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (priv == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&mdev->ofdev.dev,
-			"Failed to allocate private memory\n");
+	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	priv->node = of_node_get(mdev->ofdev.dev.of_node);
 	priv->mdev = mdev;
 	priv->dev = &mdev->ofdev.dev;
@@ -1277,11 +1275,9 @@ static int pata_macio_pci_attach(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	/* Allocate and init private data structure */
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
 			    sizeof(struct pata_macio_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (priv == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-			"Failed to allocate private memory\n");
+	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	priv->node = of_node_get(np);
 	priv->pdev = pdev;
 	priv->dev = &pdev->dev;
-- 
2.16.1