From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 16:00:23 +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/net/plip/plip.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/plip/plip.c b/drivers/net/plip/plip.c index feb92ecd1880..22f10d395d9c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/plip/plip.c +++ b/drivers/net/plip/plip.c @@ -632,10 +632,9 @@ plip_receive_packet(struct net_device *dev, struct net_local *nl, } /* Malloc up new buffer. */ rcv->skb = dev_alloc_skb(rcv->length.h + 2); - if (rcv->skb == NULL) { - printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Memory squeeze.\n", dev->name); + if (!rcv->skb) return ERROR; - } + skb_reserve(rcv->skb, 2); /* Align IP on 16 byte boundaries */ skb_put(rcv->skb,rcv->length.h); rcv->skb->dev = dev; -- 2.15.1 -- 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