linux-kernel - [PATCH] char/raw: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in raw

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Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:27:57 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] char/raw: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in raw_init()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:22:10 +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/char/raw.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 293167c6e254..fa416613e215 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
 
 	raw_devices = vzalloc(sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
 	if (!raw_devices) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Not enough memory for raw device structures\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}
-- 
2.14.2