linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] char/tpm: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in tpm_ibmvtpm

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Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:32:59 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
        Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>,
        Kenneth Goldman <kgold@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] char/tpm: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in tpm_ibmvtpm_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:08:23 +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/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
index 25f6e2665385..b18148ef2612 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
@@ -609,10 +609,8 @@ static int tpm_ibmvtpm_probe(struct vio_dev *vio_dev,
 		return PTR_ERR(chip);
 
 	ibmvtpm = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ibmvtpm_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ibmvtpm) {
-		dev_err(dev, "kzalloc for ibmvtpm failed\n");
+	if (!ibmvtpm)
 		goto cleanup;
-	}
 
 	ibmvtpm->dev = dev;
 	ibmvtpm->vdev = vio_dev;
-- 
2.14.2