linux-kernel - Re: USB: hub: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in usb_hub_clear_tt

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Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 21:20:05 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com>,
        Dmitry Fleytman <dmitry@...nix.com>,
        Eugene Korenevsky <ekorenevsky@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Günter Röck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: USB: hub: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation
 in usb_hub_clear_tt_buffer()

Hi Markus,

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 6:51 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> The system will come to a grinding halt anyway if it can't allocate 24 or 40 bytes.
>
> Maybe.

Since you've been sending zillions of patches for this, perhaps the time
is ripe to actually try to trigger this, and see what happens?

>> Which is BTW more or less the amount of memory saved by killing
>> the useless (error) message.
>
> Would you dare to resend this update suggestion after such a view?

Of course. That was implied.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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