linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] RDS: IB: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in rds_ib_add

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 16:11:37 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        rds-devel@....oracle.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] RDS: IB: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in rds_ib_add_one()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 15:34:28 +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>
---
 net/rds/ib.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rds/ib.c b/net/rds/ib.c
index 7a64c8db81ab..c5514d058171 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib.c
@@ -166,8 +166,5 @@ static void rds_ib_add_one(struct ib_device *device)
-	if (!rds_ibdev->vector_load) {
-		pr_err("RDS/IB: %s failed to allocate vector memory\n",
-			__func__);
+	if (!rds_ibdev->vector_load)
 		goto put_dev;
-	}
 
 	rds_ibdev->dev = device;
 	rds_ibdev->pd = ib_alloc_pd(device, 0);
-- 
2.13.0