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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: "Ralf Bächle" <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TC: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in tc_bus_add_devices()
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:15:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <60e20b6d-e130-9c18-d5d4-b75349f0d7be@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1712102140570.4266@eddie.linux-mips.org>

>> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
>  And the problem here is?

I suggest to reconsider the relevance of another error message.
Would you like to achieve a better explanation for this use case?

* Do you find the wording “WARNING: Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message”
  from the script “checkpatch.pl” more appropriate?

* Can a default Linux allocation failure report be sufficient?

Regards,
Markus

      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-12-11  8:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-10 17:48 [PATCH] " SF Markus Elfring
2017-12-10 21:41 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-12-11  2:05   ` Joe Perches
2017-12-11 13:17     ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-12-11 13:38       ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-12-11  8:15   ` SF Markus Elfring [this message]

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