Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ext4_multi_mount_protect()

From: Eric Sandeen
Date: Sat Aug 19 2017 - 13:08:35 EST


On 8/19/17 6:47 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 13:04:50 +0200
>
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.

I might be dense, but what makes this message "extra?"

(I suppose kmalloc squawks too if it fails, but is Coccinelle
now warning about explicit memory allocation failure warnings?)

-Eric

> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ext4/mmp.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> index eb9835638680..1ce00453f612 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> @@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
> - if (!mmpd_data) {
> - ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for mmpd_data");
> + if (!mmpd_data)
> goto failed;
> - }
> +
> mmpd_data->sb = sb;
> mmpd_data->bh = bh;
>
>