linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] video: fbdev: don't print error message on framebuffer

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Message-ID: <4a534d3e-0ce6-9dfd-b3f2-e69aa0a1fcd8@samsung.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:27:51 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] video: fbdev: don't print error message on
 framebuffer_alloc() failure


On 6/14/19 4:51 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> framebuffer_alloc() can fail only on kzalloc() memory allocation
> failure and since kzalloc() will print error message in such case
> we can omit printing extra error message in drivers (which BTW is
> what the majority of framebuffer_alloc() users is doing already).
> 
> Cc: "Bruno Prémont" <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
> Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>

I queued the patch for v5.3.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics