linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] [media] cx24113: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in cx24113

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Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:31:23 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...il.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [media] cx24113: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in cx24113_attach()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:08:09 +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>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24113.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24113.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24113.c
index 0118c2658cf7..8fc7333c76b7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24113.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24113.c
@@ -557,8 +557,7 @@ struct dvb_frontend *cx24113_attach(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 	int rc;
-	if (state == NULL) {
-		cx_err("Unable to kzalloc\n");
+
+	if (!state)
 		goto error;
-	}
 
 	/* setup the state */
 	state->config = config;
-- 
2.14.1