[PATCH] efi: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in efivar_init()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Feb 13 2018 - 11:33:41 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:28:22 +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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index 9336ffdf6e2c..ffdbc5bc3c56 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -437,10 +437,8 @@ int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
int err = 0;

variable_name = kzalloc(variable_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!variable_name) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Memory allocation failed.\n");
+ if (!variable_name)
return -ENOMEM;
- }

if (down_interruptible(&efivars_lock)) {
err = -EINTR;
--
2.16.1