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

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 18:38:21 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
        Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in sctp_init()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 17:28:14 +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/sctp/protocol.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 2b1a6215bd2f..5e7c8a344770 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1447,5 +1447,4 @@ static __init int sctp_init(void)
 	if (!sctp_ep_hashtable) {
-		pr_err("Failed endpoint_hash alloc\n");
 		status = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_ehash_alloc;
 	}
-- 
2.13.0