linux-kernel - [PATCH] HID: magicmouse: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in magicmouse

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Message-ID: <79c01fa9-647c-5c34-41cc-3bc9c09f38ee@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Sat, 3 Feb 2018 22:20:10 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] HID: magicmouse: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in magicmouse_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 22:15:05 +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/hid/hid-magicmouse.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c b/drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c
index 42ed887ba0be..8d17a812c5ba 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c
@@ -501,10 +501,8 @@ static int magicmouse_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	int ret;
 
 	msc = devm_kzalloc(&hdev->dev, sizeof(*msc), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (msc == NULL) {
-		hid_err(hdev, "can't alloc magicmouse descriptor\n");
+	if (!msc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	msc->scroll_accel = SCROLL_ACCEL_DEFAULT;
 
-- 
2.16.1