linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ethernet: mlx4: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in five functions

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jan 2018 09:58:39 +0200
From:   Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethernet: mlx4: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in five functions



On 01/01/2018 10:46 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 21:42:27 +0100
> 
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in these functions.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---

Is this an issue? Why? What is your motivation?
These are error messages, very informative, appear only upon errors, and 
in control flow.