linux-kernel - Re: tipc: Delete error messages for failed memory allocations in three functions

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Message-ID: <d07d0b1f-0038-e91d-4748-ea3e6dfb93f0@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 18:23:17 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>,
        Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tipc: Delete error messages for failed memory allocations in
 three functions

> tipc_subseq_alloc does a kcalloc (memset to 0),
> half of which is immediately overwritten.
> 
> In other words, don't just blindly remove stuff,
> understand what it does and improve it.

Do you suggest another specific source code transformation pattern here?

Regards,
Markus