linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] pata_it821x: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in it821x_firmware

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Message-ID: <20180218132706.GF695913@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com>
Date:   Sun, 18 Feb 2018 05:27:06 -0800
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pata_it821x: Delete an error message for a failed
 memory allocation in it821x_firmware_command()

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 03:22:18PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:04:49 +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>

Applying this one to libata/for-4.17 but skipping the next one.
There's no point in making these trivial changes.  It's just churn
without actual benefits but only risks.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun