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

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Date:   Tue, 16 May 2017 19:31:20 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] sh-clk: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in two functions

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 19:05:36 +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/sh/clk/cpg.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/sh/clk/cpg.c b/drivers/sh/clk/cpg.c
index f23464bbeb7c..b3afe5c4fa3b 100644
--- a/drivers/sh/clk/cpg.c
+++ b/drivers/sh/clk/cpg.c
@@ -253,7 +253,5 @@ static int __init sh_clk_div_register_ops(struct clk *clks, int nr,
-	if (!freq_table) {
-		pr_err("%s: unable to alloc memory\n", __func__);
+	if (!freq_table)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	for (k = 0; !ret && (k < nr); k++) {
 		clkp = clks + k;
@@ -474,7 +472,5 @@ int __init sh_clk_fsidiv_register(struct clk *clks, int nr)
-		if (!map) {
-			pr_err("%s: unable to alloc memory\n", __func__);
+		if (!map)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
 
 		/* clks[i].enable_reg came from SH_CLK_FSIDIV() */
 		map->phys		= (phys_addr_t)clks[i].enable_reg;
-- 
2.13.0