Re: [PATCH] omapfb/dss: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in three functions

From: Andrew F. Davis
Date: Mon Nov 27 2017 - 11:44:12 EST


On 11/26/2017 12:55 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 19:46:09 +0100
>
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in these functions.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

nak, unlike many others, these message give extra info on which
allocation failed, that can be useful.

> drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dispc.c | 4 +---
> drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dss.c | 4 +---
> drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi_phy.c | 4 +---
> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dispc.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dispc.c
> index 7a75dfda9845..10164a3bae4a 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dispc.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dispc.c
> @@ -3982,10 +3982,8 @@ static int dispc_init_features(struct platform_device *pdev)
> struct dispc_features *dst;
>
> dst = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dst), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!dst) {
> - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to allocate DISPC Features\n");
> + if (!dst)
> return -ENOMEM;
> - }
>
> switch (omapdss_get_version()) {
> case OMAPDSS_VER_OMAP24xx:
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dss.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dss.c
> index 48c6500c24e1..a5de13777e2b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dss.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dss.c
> @@ -893,10 +893,8 @@ static int dss_init_features(struct platform_device *pdev)
> struct dss_features *dst;
>
> dst = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dst), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!dst) {
> - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to allocate local DSS Features\n");
> + if (!dst)
> return -ENOMEM;
> - }
>
> switch (omapdss_get_version()) {
> case OMAPDSS_VER_OMAP24xx:
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi_phy.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi_phy.c
> index 9a13c35fd6d8..d25eea10c665 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi_phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/hdmi_phy.c
> @@ -195,10 +195,8 @@ static int hdmi_phy_init_features(struct platform_device *pdev)
> const struct hdmi_phy_features *src;
>
> dst = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dst), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!dst) {
> - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to allocate HDMI PHY Features\n");
> + if (!dst)
> return -ENOMEM;
> - }
>
> switch (omapdss_get_version()) {
> case OMAPDSS_VER_OMAP4430_ES1:
>