linux-kernel - Re: bonding: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in bond_update_slave

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jan 2018 11:28:18 -0800
From:   Mahesh Bandewar (महेश बंडेवार) 
        <maheshb@...gle.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
        Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
        Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bonding: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation
 in bond_update_slave_arr()

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 12:45 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>>> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
>>>
>>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>>>
>> What is the issue with this message?
>
> * Is it redundant?
>
> * Would a Linux allocation failure report be already sufficient here?
>
If you see 8 out of 9 call sites in this file ignore the return value.
This message in the log could give a clue when debugging. Unless it's
spamming it's not harmful, or is it?

> Regards,
> Markus