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

From: Majd Dibbiny
Date: Sun Feb 19 2017 - 14:49:51 EST



> On Feb 18, 2017, at 11:10 PM, SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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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