linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] crypto: sahara: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in sahara

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Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:33:50 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: sahara: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in sahara_probe()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:10:03 +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/crypto/sahara.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/sahara.c b/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
index 08e7bdcaa6e3..9f3cdda59139 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
@@ -1398,10 +1398,8 @@ static int sahara_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int i;
 
 	dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct sahara_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (dev == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to alloc data struct.\n");
+	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	dev->device = &pdev->dev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
-- 
2.16.1