linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: staging: atomisp: remove redundant OOM error messages

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Message-ID: <aVGDwLtf4tbEH4P2@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:23:44 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Zixuan Dong <dbeidachazi@...mail.com>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: staging: atomisp: remove redundant OOM error
 messages

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 01:53:32PM +0800, Zixuan Dong wrote:
> The memory allocation functions (kvzalloc) already emit a stack dump
> on failure when GFP_KERNEL is used. Printing an extra error message
> is redundant and increases code size.
> 
> This resolves the checkpatch warnings:
> WARNING: Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
Sakari, can you pick this up?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko