linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] cxl/mbox: Remove redundant dev

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Message-ID: <ZMXIRBPwrocRBD74@aschofie-mobl2>
Date:   Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:17:40 -0700
From:   Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
To:     Raghu Halharvi <raghuhack78@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, ira.weiny@...el.com,
        bwidawsk@...nel.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        vishal.l.verma@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] cxl/mbox: Remove redundant dev_err() after failed
 mem alloc

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 07:34:20AM +0000, Raghu Halharvi wrote:
> Issue found with checkpatch
> 
> A return of errno should be good enough if the memory allocation fails,
> the error message here is redundant as per the coding style, removing
> it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raghu Halharvi <raghuhack78@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>

Thanks for follow-up Raghu!

Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>


> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> index d6d067fbee97..af7f37cea871 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> @@ -1325,10 +1325,8 @@ struct cxl_memdev_state *cxl_memdev_state_create(struct device *dev)
>  	struct cxl_memdev_state *mds;
>  
>  	mds = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*mds), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!mds) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "No memory available\n");
> +	if (!mds)
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -	}
>  
>  	mutex_init(&mds->mbox_mutex);
>  	mutex_init(&mds->event.log_lock);
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>