linux-kernel - [PATCH] ALSA: usb: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in two functions

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Message-ID: <cb279f5a-1994-ae47-7e8f-8aae793d16d2@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:04:41 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, Akshay Bhat <akshay.bhat@...esys.com>,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Dennis Kadioglu <denk@...t.com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Nobutaka Okabe <nob77413@...il.com>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: usb: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in two functions

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:38:25 +0200

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in these functions.

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>
---
 sound/usb/quirks.c | 5 ++---
 sound/usb/stream.c | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/quirks.c b/sound/usb/quirks.c
index d7b0b0a3a2db..9db40d58b4e2 100644
--- a/sound/usb/quirks.c
+++ b/sound/usb/quirks.c
@@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ static int create_fixed_stream_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
 	unsigned *rate_table = NULL;
 
 	fp = kmemdup(quirk->data, sizeof(*fp), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fp) {
-		usb_audio_err(chip, "cannot memdup\n");
+	if (!fp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fp->list);
 	if (fp->nr_rates > MAX_NR_RATES) {
 		kfree(fp);
diff --git a/sound/usb/stream.c b/sound/usb/stream.c
index 8e9548bc1f1a..d1776e5517ff 100644
--- a/sound/usb/stream.c
+++ b/sound/usb/stream.c
@@ -658,10 +658,8 @@ int snd_usb_parse_audio_interface(struct snd_usb_audio *chip, int iface_no)
 			continue;
 
 		fp = kzalloc(sizeof(*fp), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (! fp) {
-			dev_err(&dev->dev, "cannot malloc\n");
+		if (!fp)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
 
 		fp->iface = iface_no;
 		fp->altsetting = altno;
-- 
2.14.0