Re: bonding: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in bond_update_slave_arr()

From: Mahesh Bandewar (àààà ààààààà)
Date: Wed Jan 03 2018 - 14:28:45 EST


On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 12:45 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
>>>
>>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>>>
>> What is the issue with this message?
>
> * Is it redundant?
>
> * Would a Linux allocation failure report be already sufficient here?
>
If you see 8 out of 9 call sites in this file ignore the return value.
This message in the log could give a clue when debugging. Unless it's
spamming it's not harmful, or is it?

> Regards,
> Markus