linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] ALSA: rme9652: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in snd_hdspm

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Date:   Sat, 12 Aug 2017 17:33:30 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@...amocchi.jp>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ALSA: rme9652: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in snd_hdspm_create()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 16:10:32 +0200

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
index 2a3a916e5d15..d448cf474c1b 100644
--- a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
+++ b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
@@ -6641,9 +6641,5 @@ static int snd_hdspm_create(struct snd_card *card,
-	if (!hdspm->mixer) {
-		dev_err(card->dev,
-			"unable to kmalloc Mixer memory of %d Bytes\n",
-				(int)sizeof(struct hdspm_mixer));
+	if (!hdspm->mixer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	hdspm->port_names_in = NULL;
 	hdspm->port_names_out = NULL;
-- 
2.14.0