linux-kernel - [PATCH] lightnvm/pblk-gc: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in pblk_gc_line_prepare

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Message-ID: <0ef6e852-9c76-ce74-6f21-c0398722c9e5@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:10:04 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Matias Bjorling <mb@...htnvm.io>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] lightnvm/pblk-gc: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in pblk_gc_line_prepare_ws()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:00:15 +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/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
index 9c8e114c8a54..54cdb4360366 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ static void pblk_gc_line_prepare_ws(struct work_struct *work)
 	int ret;
 
 	invalid_bitmap = kmalloc(lm->sec_bitmap_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!invalid_bitmap) {
-		pr_err("pblk: could not allocate GC invalid bitmap\n");
+	if (!invalid_bitmap)
 		goto fail_free_ws;
-	}
 
 	emeta_buf = pblk_malloc(lm->emeta_len[0], l_mg->emeta_alloc_type,
 								GFP_KERNEL);
-- 
2.15.1