linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [media] clk-kona-setup: Delete two error messages for a failed memory allocation in parent

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Message-ID: <a7a7f4b5-6b4f-3606-550f-3dd37274fa61@broadcom.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:46:53 -0700
From:   Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [media] clk-kona-setup: Delete two error messages for a
 failed memory allocation in parent_process()

Thanks for cleanup.


On 17-09-26 08:05 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:54:20 +0200
>
> Omit extra messages 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>
Acked-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
> ---
>   drivers/clk/bcm/clk-kona-setup.c | 7 +------
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-kona-setup.c b/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-kona-setup.c
> index c37a7f0e83aa..281f4322355c 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-kona-setup.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-kona-setup.c
> @@ -579,18 +579,13 @@ static u32 *parent_process(const char *clocks[],
>   	 */
>   	parent_names = kmalloc_array(parent_count, sizeof(*parent_names),
>   			       GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!parent_names) {
> -		pr_err("%s: error allocating %u parent names\n", __func__,
> -				parent_count);
> +	if (!parent_names)
>   		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -	}
>   
>   	/* There is at least one parent, so allocate a selector array */
>   	parent_sel = kmalloc_array(parent_count, sizeof(*parent_sel),
>   				   GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!parent_sel) {
> -		pr_err("%s: error allocating %u parent selectors\n", __func__,
> -				parent_count);
>   		kfree(parent_names);
>   
>   		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);