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Message-ID: <94b1e14f-47c0-7f13-6158-700488d63c66@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 22:53:19 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@...tec.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...tec.com>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>,
        Ralf Bächle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] MIPS: VPE: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in vpe_open()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 21:54:42 +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>
---
 arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
index 544ea21bfef9..721b1523b740 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
@@ -799,7 +799,6 @@ static int vpe_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
-	if (!v->pbuffer) {
-		pr_warn("VPE loader: unable to allocate memory\n");
+	if (!v->pbuffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	v->plen = P_SIZE;
 	v->load_addr = NULL;
 	v->len = 0;
-- 
2.13.0

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