linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Drop error prints on kzalloc() failure

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbL4OdQX4odEME2=L3ZDc+13mQ-aCkEim6gzSpk_Gm8+A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:30:50 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Cc:     "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Drop error prints on kzalloc() failure

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@...aro.org> wrote:

> Upon failing kzalloc() will print an error message in the log, so
> there's no need for additional printouts. Also standardizes the "!ptr"
> vs "ptr == NULL" while I'm touching those lines.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>

OK good cleanup. Patch applied.

> Hope you don't find this too OCD-ish.

We have the same condition ...

Yours,
Linus Walleij