From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:04:49 +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/ata/pata_it821x.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c b/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c index 7a21edf89e72..46eacb6b93dd 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c @@ -658,10 +658,10 @@ static u8 *it821x_firmware_command(struct ata_port *ap, u8 cmd, int len) u8 status; int n = 0; u16 *buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); - if (buf == NULL) { - printk(KERN_ERR "it821x_firmware_command: Out of memory\n"); + + if (!buf) return NULL; - } + /* This isn't quite a normal ATA command as we are talking to the firmware not the drives */ ap->ctl |= ATA_NIEN; -- 2.16.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html