[PATCH] misc/lkdtm_usercopy: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in do_usercopy_heap_whitelist()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Jan 09 2018 - 07:42:28 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 13:31:43 +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/misc/lkdtm_usercopy.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_usercopy.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_usercopy.c
index 9725aed305bb..ed50c1db4f87 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_usercopy.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_usercopy.c
@@ -202,10 +202,8 @@ static void do_usercopy_heap_whitelist(bool to_user)
* Allocate a buffer with a whitelisted window in the buffer.
*/
buf = kmem_cache_alloc(whitelist_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!buf) {
- pr_warn("Failed to allocate buffer from whitelist cache\n");
+ if (!buf)
goto free_alloc;
- }

/* Allocate user memory we'll poke at. */
user_alloc = vm_mmap(NULL, 0, PAGE_SIZE,
--
2.15.1