[PATCH] paride: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in two functions

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Mon Aug 07 2017 - 05:24:09 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 11:11:34 +0200

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in these functions.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/paride/pg.c | 1 -
drivers/block/paride/pt.c | 4 +---
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pg.c b/drivers/block/paride/pg.c
index 3b5882bfb736..9b036c79c49e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pg.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pg.c
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ static int pg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
dev->bufptr = kmalloc(PG_MAX_DATA, GFP_KERNEL);
if (dev->bufptr == NULL) {
clear_bit(0, &dev->access);
- printk("%s: buffer allocation failed\n", dev->name);
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pt.c b/drivers/block/paride/pt.c
index e815312a00ad..33347853b7d4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pt.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pt.c
@@ -687,10 +687,8 @@ static int pt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)

err = -ENOMEM;
tape->bufptr = kmalloc(PT_BUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (tape->bufptr == NULL) {
- printk("%s: buffer allocation failed\n", tape->name);
+ if (!tape->bufptr)
goto out;
- }

file->private_data = tape;
mutex_unlock(&pt_mutex);
--
2.13.4