linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] pcmcia: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in two functions

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Message-ID: <735d7330-c00d-618f-54c2-ddf54f3e06cc@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Mon, 15 May 2017 16:03:38 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] pcmcia: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in two functions

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 15:23:42 +0200

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in these functions.

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>
---
 drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c b/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
index 2e03dd8f1157..7b5bc6f6f496 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ static int add_interval(struct resource_map *map, u_long base, u_long num)
-	if (!q) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "out of memory to update resources\n");
+	if (!q)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	q->base = base; q->num = num;
 	q->next = p->next; p->next = q;
 	return 0;
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ static int sub_interval(struct resource_map *map, u_long base, u_long num)
-				if (!p) {
-					printk(KERN_WARNING "out of memory to update resources\n");
+				if (!p)
 					return -ENOMEM;
-				}
+
 				p->base = base+num;
 				p->num = q->base+q->num - p->base;
 				q->num = base - q->base;
-- 
2.13.0