linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd/omap-usb-tll: Delete two error messages for a failed memory allocation in usbtll_omap

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <1ebb5ac5-aa4d-7c19-94db-210b518d562f@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:38:43 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Ladislav Michl <ladis@...ux-mips.org>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd/omap-usb-tll: Delete two error messages for a
 failed memory allocation in usbtll_omap_probe()

>> @@ -258,7 +256,6 @@ static int usbtll_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  						GFP_KERNEL);
>>  	if (!tll->ch_clk) {
>>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
>> -		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't allocate memory for channel clocks\n");
> 
> I'd either leave this one, just to know which allocation failed or better use
> something like this …

Are you aware on the structure for a Linux allocation failure report?

Regards,
Markus