linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/21] ACPI-video: Delete an error message for a failed kzalloc() call

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Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2016 18:48:10 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: [PATCH 03/21] ACPI-video: Delete an error message for a failed
 kzalloc() call

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 13:57:33 +0200

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

Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
index 8f0807a..420d125 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
@@ -778,7 +778,6 @@ int acpi_video_get_levels(struct acpi_device *device,
 
 	br = kzalloc(sizeof(*br), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!br) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "can't allocate memory\n");
 		result = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-- 
2.10.0