From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: [PATCH] video/fbdev/stifb: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in stifb_init_fb() Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:05:17 +0100 Message-ID: <1680261.Msdj7gi9fB@amdc3058> References: <7dcd32b6-9691-14a1-29cf-3a746ef5adfc@users.sourceforge.net> <25624997.nONnEdNj0s@daneel.sf-tec.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Rolf Eike Beer , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Helge Deller , "James E. J. Bottomley" , LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org To: SF Markus Elfring Return-path: In-reply-to: <25624997.nONnEdNj0s@daneel.sf-tec.de> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org On Friday, November 24, 2017 10:30:34 PM Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > Markus Elfring wrote: > > From: Markus Elfring > > Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:22:06 +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 > > --- > > drivers/video/fbdev/stifb.c | 4 +--- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/stifb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/stifb.c > > index 6ded5c198998..fe217a2f7d21 100644 > > --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/stifb.c > > +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/stifb.c > > @@ -1126,10 +1126,8 @@ static int __init stifb_init_fb(struct sti_struct > > *sti, int bpp_pref) int bpp, xres, yres; > > > > fb = kzalloc(sizeof(*fb), GFP_ATOMIC); > > - if (!fb) { > > - printk(KERN_ERR "stifb: Could not allocate stifb structure\n"); > > + if (!fb) > > return -ENODEV; > > - } > > > > info = &fb->info; > > This should be -ENOMEM. Markus, please fix this issue first (before doing cleanups). Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics