linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] radeon_backlight: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in radeonfb_bl

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:21:18 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] radeon_backlight: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in radeonfb_bl_init()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:27:51 +0100

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/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c
index 301d6d6aeead..ce5b22d710b3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@ void radeonfb_bl_init(struct radeonfb_info *rinfo)
 #endif
 
 	pdata = kmalloc(sizeof(struct radeon_bl_privdata), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pdata) {
-		printk("radeonfb: Memory allocation failed\n");
+	if (!pdata)
 		goto error;
-	}
 
 	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "radeonbl%d", rinfo->info->node);
 
-- 
2.15.0