linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] HSI: omap_ssi: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ssi_add

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:18:31 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] HSI: omap_ssi: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in ssi_add_controller()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:42:14 +0200

The script "checkpatch.pl" pointed information out like the following.

WARNING: Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message

Thus remove such a statement here.

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/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_core.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_core.c b/drivers/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_core.c
index fb7ed8fce83a..88e48b346916 100644
--- a/drivers/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hsi/controllers/omap_ssi_core.c
@@ -384,10 +384,8 @@ static int ssi_add_controller(struct hsi_controller *ssi,
 	int err;
 
 	omap_ssi = devm_kzalloc(&ssi->device, sizeof(*omap_ssi), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!omap_ssi) {
-		dev_err(&pd->dev, "not enough memory for omap ssi\n");
+	if (!omap_ssi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	err = ida_simple_get(&platform_omap_ssi_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (err < 0)
-- 
2.12.2