linux-kernel - [PATCH] video: fb_ddc: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in fb_do_probe_ddc

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:16:29 +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>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] video: fb_ddc: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in fb_do_probe_ddc_edid()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:12:26 +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/core/fb_ddc.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_ddc.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_ddc.c
index 8bf5f2f54be7..256b518d1db9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_ddc.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_ddc.c
@@ -37,11 +37,8 @@ static unsigned char *fb_do_probe_ddc_edid(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
 		}
 	};
 
-	if (!buf) {
-		dev_warn(&adapter->dev, "unable to allocate memory for EDID "
-			 "block.\n");
+	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	if (i2c_transfer(adapter, msgs, 2) == 2)
 		return buf;
-- 
2.15.0