linux-kernel - [PATCH TRIVIAL] edd: don't spam log if no EDD information is present

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Date:   Fri,  9 Feb 2018 14:20:45 +0100
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH TRIVIAL] edd: don't spam log if no EDD information is present

We've had reports from users being concerned about messages like:

  [    4.487246] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
  [    4.487251] EDD information not available.

While these are more or less irrelevant, tell edd.c to not annoy anyone.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
---
Jiri, I know you're not the edd maintainer (there's none) but I've seen you've
taken edd patches, so ;-).

 drivers/firmware/edd.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 60a8f1363a10..1b82c89a49df 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -748,14 +748,12 @@ edd_init(void)
 	int rc=0;
 	struct edd_device *edev;
 
+	if (!edd_num_devices())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	printk(KERN_INFO "BIOS EDD facility v%s %s, %d devices found\n",
 	       EDD_VERSION, EDD_DATE, edd_num_devices());
 
-	if (!edd_num_devices()) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "EDD information not available.\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	edd_kset = kset_create_and_add("edd", NULL, firmware_kobj);
 	if (!edd_kset)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.13.6