linux-kernel - [PATCH] tty: synclinkmp: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in startup()

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Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 21:24:51 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] tty: synclinkmp: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in startup()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 21:21:07 +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/tty/synclinkmp.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c b/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
index d45f234e1914..e47d19bbe87a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
@@ -2640,11 +2640,8 @@ static int startup(SLMP_INFO * info)
 
 	if (!info->tx_buf) {
 		info->tx_buf = kmalloc(info->max_frame_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!info->tx_buf) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR"%s(%d):%s can't allocate transmit buffer\n",
-				__FILE__,__LINE__,info->device_name);
+		if (!info->tx_buf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
 	}
 
 	info->pending_bh = 0;
-- 
2.15.1