linux-kernel - [PATCH] [media] blackfin: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ppi_create

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Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2017 22:22:07 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     adi-buildroot-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Scott Jiang <scott.jiang.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [media] blackfin: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in ppi_create_instance()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 22:14:43 +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/platform/blackfin/ppi.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/blackfin/ppi.c b/drivers/media/platform/blackfin/ppi.c
index 37169054b828..478eb2f7d723 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/blackfin/ppi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/blackfin/ppi.c
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ struct ppi_if *ppi_create_instance(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	ppi = kzalloc(sizeof(*ppi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ppi) {
 		peripheral_free_list(info->pin_req);
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to allocate memory for ppi handle\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	ppi->ops = &ppi_ops;
-- 
2.14.1