[PATCH 2/2] alpha-module: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in module_frob_arch_sections()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Thu May 11 2017 - 07:56:08 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 13:00:34 +0200

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
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/module.c | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
index 387d9c500e48..211e62e9a0af 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
@@ -109,9 +109,5 @@ module_frob_arch_sections(Elf64_Ehdr *hdr, Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
- if (!chains) {
- printk(KERN_ERR
- "module %s: no memory for symbol chain buffer\n",
- me->name);
+ if (!chains)
return -ENOMEM;
- }

got->sh_size = 0;
got->sh_addralign = 8;
--
2.12.3