linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] clk/Renesas-MSTP: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 21:41:03 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] clk/Renesas-MSTP: Delete an error message for a
 failed memory allocation

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:13:17PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Thursday 15 Sep 2016 21:07:17 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:01 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> > > Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 21:17:18 +0200
> > > 
> > > Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
> > > 
> > > Link:
> > > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refacto
> > > r_Strings-WSang_0.pdf
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> 
> There are two other memory allocation failures printed by drivers in the same 
> directory that, you'll get my ack if you extend this patch to remove the three 
> messages in one go.

I agree.


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