On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 12:45 AM, SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function. >>> >>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. >>> >> What is the issue with this message? > > * Is it redundant? > > * Would a Linux allocation failure report be already sufficient here? > If you see 8 out of 9 call sites in this file ignore the return value. This message in the log could give a clue when debugging. Unless it's spamming it's not harmful, or is it? > Regards, > Markus -- 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