linux-kernel - [PATCH] ATM-lanai: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in lanai_init

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sun, 6 Aug 2017 10:00:20 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Chas Williams <3chas3@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ATM-lanai: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in lanai_init_one()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 09:42:52 +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>
---
 drivers/atm/lanai.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/atm/lanai.c b/drivers/atm/lanai.c
index 2351dad78ff5..f4cb6c5870bf 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/lanai.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/lanai.c
@@ -2562,11 +2562,8 @@ static int lanai_init_one(struct pci_dev *pci,
 	int result;
 
 	lanai = kmalloc(sizeof(*lanai), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (lanai == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR DEV_LABEL
-		       ": couldn't allocate dev_data structure!\n");
+	if (!lanai)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	atmdev = atm_dev_register(DEV_LABEL, &pci->dev, &ops, -1, NULL);
 	if (atmdev == NULL) {
-- 
2.13.4