linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: remove error message when unable to allocate watchdog device

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Date:	Sat, 14 May 2016 20:33:29 +0200
From:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
To:	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: remove error message when unable to allocate watchdog device

Hi Colin,

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The dev_err message is superfluous because the failure is already
> printed by dev_kzalloc, so remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
> index 6a7d5c3..c8d51dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
> @@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ static int jz4740_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	drvdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct jz4740_wdt_drvdata),
>  			       GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!drvdata) {
> -		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to alloacate watchdog device\n");
> +	if (!drvdata)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
>  
>  	if (heartbeat < 1 || heartbeat > MAX_HEARTBEAT)
>  		heartbeat = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT;
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

This patch was added to linux-watchdog-next.

Kind Regards,
Wim.