Re: [PATCH] crypto: nx-842: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in nx842_pseries_init()

From: Dan Streetman
Date: Wed Feb 14 2018 - 11:49:29 EST


On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 11:17 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:05:13 +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>

Reviewed-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842-pseries.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842-pseries.c b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842-pseries.c
> index bf52cd1d7fca..66869976cfa2 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842-pseries.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842-pseries.c
> @@ -1105,10 +1105,9 @@ static int __init nx842_pseries_init(void)
>
> RCU_INIT_POINTER(devdata, NULL);
> new_devdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_devdata), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!new_devdata) {
> - pr_err("Could not allocate memory for device data\n");
> + if (!new_devdata)
> return -ENOMEM;
> - }
> +
> RCU_INIT_POINTER(devdata, new_devdata);
>
> ret = vio_register_driver(&nx842_vio_driver);
> --
> 2.16.1
>