On 05/24/17 11:15, SF Markus Elfring wrote: >>> +++ b/arch/mips/pci/pci-alchemy.c >>> @@ -377,7 +377,6 @@ static int alchemy_pci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) >>> >>> ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL); >>> if (!ctx) { >>> - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no memory for pcictl context\n"); >>> ret = -ENOMEM; >>> goto out; >>> } >>> -- >>> 2.13.0 >> >> Why are you removing just this one dev_err()? Agreed. Why just this one error message when there are many in this function? > How do you think about to achieve a small code reduction also for this software module? > > >> What issue are you trying to address? > > Do you find information from a Linux allocation failure report sufficient > for such a function implementation? Can you answer questions with statements instead of with questions? thanks. -- ~Randy