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[20/29] IB/mlx4: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in mlx4_ib_add()

Message ID f3ede4d2-d4db-7589-afce-0c487376b099@users.sourceforge.net (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
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SF Markus Elfring Feb. 18, 2017, 9:10 p.m. UTC
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 16:15:20 +0100

Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.

Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Majd Dibbiny Feb. 19, 2017, 7:48 p.m. UTC | #1
> On Feb 18, 2017, at 11:10 PM, SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 16:15:20 +0100
> 
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
> 
> Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
> index 21b88d5ceda4..33b46c463ffa 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
> @@ -2623,11 +2623,8 @@ static void *mlx4_ib_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
>        return NULL;
> 
>    ibdev = (struct mlx4_ib_dev *) ib_alloc_device(sizeof(*ibdev));
> -    if (!ibdev) {
> -        dev_err(&dev->persist->pdev->dev,
> -            "Device struct alloc failed\n");
> +    if (!ibdev)
>        return NULL;
> -    }
Not a big fan of this change.
9 out of the 15 drivers have this print in case of a failure..
> 
>    iboe = &ibdev->iboe;
> 
> -- 
> 2.11.1
> 
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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index 21b88d5ceda4..33b46c463ffa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2623,11 +2623,8 @@  static void *mlx4_ib_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 		return NULL;
 
 	ibdev = (struct mlx4_ib_dev *) ib_alloc_device(sizeof(*ibdev));
-	if (!ibdev) {
-		dev_err(&dev->persist->pdev->dev,
-			"Device struct alloc failed\n");
+	if (!ibdev)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	iboe = &ibdev->iboe;