linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] w1: Fix number of bytes in error message

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Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 13:51:18 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...lux.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] w1: Fix number of bytes in error message

On 13/05/2024 17:43, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Fix the number of bytes that failed to be allocated for a new w1 device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...lux.com>
> ---
>  drivers/w1/w1_int.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1_int.c b/drivers/w1/w1_int.c
> index 3a71c5eb2f83..677e7167806c 100644
> --- a/drivers/w1/w1_int.c
> +++ b/drivers/w1/w1_int.c
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static struct w1_master *w1_alloc_dev(u32 id, int slave_count, int slave_ttl,
>  	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct w1_master) + sizeof(struct w1_bus_master), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!dev) {
>  		pr_err("Failed to allocate %zd bytes for new w1 device.\n",
> -			sizeof(struct w1_master));
> +			sizeof(struct w1_master) + sizeof(struct w1_bus_master));

No, instead error message should be dropped. Core handles printing
memory allocation failures.

Best regards,
Krzysztof