linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] blackfin: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in bfin_pm_suspend_mem

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Message-ID: <20170527184331.GK390@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 27 May 2017 19:43:31 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     adi-buildroot-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Steven Miao <realmz6@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] blackfin: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in bfin_pm_suspend_mem_enter()

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 08:03:45PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 19:29:25 +0200
> 
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.

That's no extra message, that's "won't continue past that point if it happens".

> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

... which absolves you of any need to think, presumably.