netdev - [PATCH 2/5] atm: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in make

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Date:   Sun, 21 May 2017 22:15:10 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Augusto Mecking Caringi <augustocaringi@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] atm: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in make_entry()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 21:24:45 +0200

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 net/atm/lec.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/atm/lec.c b/net/atm/lec.c
index 6ad3ca625a44..a11dbd3a5119 100644
--- a/net/atm/lec.c
+++ b/net/atm/lec.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,6 @@ static struct lec_arp_table *make_entry(struct lec_priv *priv,
-	if (!to_return) {
-		pr_info("LEC: Arp entry kmalloc failed\n");
+	if (!to_return)
 		return NULL;
-	}
+
 	ether_addr_copy(to_return->mac_addr, mac_addr);
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&to_return->next);
 	setup_timer(&to_return->timer, lec_arp_expire_arp,
-- 
2.13.0