linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] [media] cx18: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in cx18

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Date:   Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:41:03 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [media] cx18: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in cx18_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 19:39:56 +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/pci/cx18/cx18-driver.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-driver.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-driver.c
index 8bce49cdad46..b267590e0877 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-driver.c
@@ -913,8 +913,6 @@ static int cx18_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
-	if (cx == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "cx18: cannot manage card %d, out of memory\n",
-		       i);
+	if (!cx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	cx->pci_dev = pci_dev;
 	cx->instance = i;
 
-- 
2.14.1