The patch titled Subject: mm/zswap.c: delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_pool_create() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is zswap-delete-an-error-message-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-zswap_pool_create.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/zswap-delete-an-error-message-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-zswap_pool_create.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/zswap-delete-an-error-message-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-zswap_pool_create.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/zswap.c: delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_pool_create() 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 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2345aabc-ae98-1d31-afba-40a02c5baf3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/zswap.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/zswap.c~zswap-delete-an-error-message-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-zswap_pool_create mm/zswap.c --- a/mm/zswap.c~zswap-delete-an-error-message-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-zswap_pool_create +++ a/mm/zswap.c @@ -515,10 +515,8 @@ static struct zswap_pool *zswap_pool_cre } pool = kzalloc(sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!pool) { - pr_err("pool alloc failed\n"); + if (!pool) return NULL; - } /* unique name for each pool specifically required by zsmalloc */ snprintf(name, 38, "zswap%x", atomic_inc_return(&zswap_pools_count)); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are sh-intc-delete-an-error-message-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-add_virq_to_pirq.patch zswap-delete-an-error-message-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-zswap_pool_create.patch zswap-improve-a-size-determination-in-zswap_frontswap_init.patch zswap-delete-an-error-message-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-zswap_dstmem_prepare.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html