linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] fsl_hypervisor: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in fsl_hv

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sat, 20 May 2017 21:12:23 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
        Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] fsl_hypervisor: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in fsl_hv_open()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 19:57:52 +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>
---
 drivers/virt/fsl_hypervisor.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virt/fsl_hypervisor.c b/drivers/virt/fsl_hypervisor.c
index d1df6c6740f1..40c5eb64f39b 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/fsl_hypervisor.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/fsl_hypervisor.c
@@ -663,7 +663,5 @@ static int fsl_hv_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
-	if (!dbq) {
-		pr_err("fsl-hv: out of memory\n");
+	if (!dbq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&dbq->lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dbq->wait);
-- 
2.13.0