linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 17/17] mfd: viperboard: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in vprbrd

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Date:   Fri, 9 Mar 2018 17:50:49 +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>,
        Lars Pöschel <poeschel@...onage.de>,
        Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 17/17] mfd: viperboard: Delete an error message for a
 failed memory allocation in vprbrd_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 09:56:31 +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>
---

v2:
Lee Jones requested a resend for this patch. The change was rebased
on source files from Linux next-20180308.

 drivers/mfd/viperboard.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c b/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
index e6b3c70aeb22..e9f61262d583 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ static int vprbrd_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 
 	/* allocate memory for our device state and initialize it */
 	vb = kzalloc(sizeof(*vb), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (vb == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&interface->dev, "Out of memory\n");
+	if (!vb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	mutex_init(&vb->lock);
 
-- 
2.16.2