Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] cxl/mbox: Remove redundant dev_err() after failed mem alloc

From: Verma, Vishal L
Date: Wed May 03 2023 - 13:58:03 EST


On Fri, 2023-04-28 at 01:22 +0000, Raghu H wrote:
> Issue found with checkpatch
>
> A return of errno should be good enough if the memory allocation
> fails,
> the error message here is redundatant as per the coding style,
> removing it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Raghu H <raghuhack78@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>

>
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> index f2addb457172..11ea145b4b1f 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> @@ -1112,10 +1112,8 @@ struct cxl_dev_state
> *cxl_dev_state_create(struct device *dev)
>         struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds;
>  
>         cxlds = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*cxlds), GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!cxlds) {
> -               dev_err(dev, "No memory available\n");
> +       if (!cxlds)
>                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -       }
>  
>         mutex_init(&cxlds->mbox_mutex);
>         mutex_init(&cxlds->event.log_lock);