linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] serial: ifx6x60: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ifx_spi_spi

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Date:   Sat, 9 Dec 2017 20:11:17 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] serial: ifx6x60: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in ifx_spi_spi_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 19:20:37 +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/serial/ifx6x60.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c
index 473f4f81d690..832751479f41 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c
@@ -1006,10 +1006,9 @@ static int ifx_spi_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	/* initialize structure to hold our device variables */
 	ifx_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ifx_spi_device), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ifx_dev) {
-		dev_err(&spi->dev, "spi device allocation failed");
+	if (!ifx_dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	saved_ifx_dev = ifx_dev;
 	ifx_dev->spi_dev = spi;
 	clear_bit(IFX_SPI_STATE_IO_IN_PROGRESS, &ifx_dev->flags);
-- 
2.15.1