linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ieee80211_networks

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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:54:21 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Derek Robson <robsonde@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Riccardo Marotti <riccardo.marotti@...il.com>,
        Simran Singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211: Delete an error message for a
 failed memory allocation in ieee80211_networks_allocate()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:46:07 +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/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
index 90a097f2cd4e..f900dee19a7f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
@@ -67,11 +67,8 @@ static inline int ieee80211_networks_allocate(struct ieee80211_device *ieee)
 	ieee->networks = kcalloc(
 		MAX_NETWORK_COUNT, sizeof(struct ieee80211_network),
 		GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ieee->networks) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Out of memory allocating beacons\n",
-		       ieee->dev->name);
+	if (!ieee->networks)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.15.1