linux-kernel - [PATCH] mailbox/pcc: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in acpi_pcc

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Message-ID: <60382a41-83d9-b7a6-e904-e2c869012414@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:04:04 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mailbox/pcc: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in acpi_pcc_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:55:22 +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/mailbox/pcc.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
index 3ef7f036ceea..78097ae183ec 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
@@ -478,10 +478,8 @@ static int __init acpi_pcc_probe(void)
 
 	pcc_mbox_channels = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mbox_chan) *
 			sum, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pcc_mbox_channels) {
-		pr_err("Could not allocate space for PCC mbox channels\n");
+	if (!pcc_mbox_channels)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	pcc_doorbell_vaddr = kcalloc(sum, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pcc_doorbell_vaddr) {
-- 
2.15.1