From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:28:22 +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/firmware/efi/vars.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c index 9336ffdf6e2c..ffdbc5bc3c56 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c @@ -437,10 +437,8 @@ int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *), int err = 0; variable_name = kzalloc(variable_name_size, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!variable_name) { - printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Memory allocation failed.\n"); + if (!variable_name) return -ENOMEM; - } if (down_interruptible(&efivars_lock)) { err = -EINTR; -- 2.16.1 -- 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