linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] alpha-module: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in module_frob_arch

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Message-ID: <98da03ff-97b5-af3a-f129-a212591fc3d5@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Thu, 11 May 2017 13:55:54 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] alpha-module: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in module_frob_arch_sections()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 13:00:34 +0200

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

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 arch/alpha/kernel/module.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
index 387d9c500e48..211e62e9a0af 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
@@ -109,9 +109,5 @@ module_frob_arch_sections(Elf64_Ehdr *hdr, Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
-	if (!chains) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR
-		       "module %s: no memory for symbol chain buffer\n",
-		       me->name);
+	if (!chains)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	got->sh_size = 0;
 	got->sh_addralign = 8;
-- 
2.12.3