From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 22:30:21 +0200 Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/misc/ezusb.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/ezusb.c b/drivers/usb/misc/ezusb.c index 837208f14f86..6d5e468dc897 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/misc/ezusb.c +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/ezusb.c @@ -41,11 +41,9 @@ static int ezusb_writememory(struct usb_device *dev, int address, return -ENODEV; transfer_buffer = kmemdup(data, length, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!transfer_buffer) { - dev_err(&dev->dev, "%s - kmalloc(%d) failed.\n", - __func__, length); + if (!transfer_buffer) return -ENOMEM; - } + result = usb_control_msg(dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(dev, 0), request, USB_DIR_OUT | USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_DEVICE, address, 0, transfer_buffer, length, 3000); -- 2.13.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html