linux-kernel - Re: cris: nand: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in crisv32_nand_flash

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 21:55:21 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>,
        linux-cris-kernel@...s.com
Cc:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
        Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa@...p.pl>,
        Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cris: nand: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in crisv32_nand_flash_probe()

>> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> what exactly has the software detected?

Do you prefer the notification “WARNING: Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message”
by the script “checkpatch.pl” instead?


> I cannot find, how this error is reported otherwise, it seems
> to me that the message is not that superflous.

Would you find the default allocation failure report sufficient?

Regards,
Markus