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Re: [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in sctp_init()

From Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in sctp_init()
Date 2017-05-22 23:00 +0200
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On 05/22/2017 12:38 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 17:28:14 +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@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  net/sctp/protocol.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
> index 2b1a6215bd2f..5e7c8a344770 100644
> --- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
> +++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
> @@ -1447,5 +1447,4 @@ static __init int sctp_init(void)
>  	if (!sctp_ep_hashtable) {
> -		pr_err("Failed endpoint_hash alloc\n");
>  		status = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_ehash_alloc;
>  	}
> 

Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>

At the time this was written, it was patterned after TCP.  Since then TCP changed
significantly.  We can surely clean-up the pr_err() here and possibly update the
code as well later.

-vlad

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[PATCH 0/5] net-SCTP: Adjustments for three function implementations SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-05-22 18:40 +0200
  [PATCH 1/5] sctp: Use kmalloc_array() in sctp_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-05-22 18:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/5] sctp: Use kmalloc_array() in sctp_init() Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/5] sctp: Use kmalloc_array() in sctp_init() Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> - 2017-05-22 23:00 +0200
  [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory  allocation in sctp_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-05-22 18:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory  allocation in sctp_init() Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 19:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory  allocation in sctp_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-05-22 21:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory  allocation in sctp_init() Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory  allocation in sctp_init() Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/5] sctp: Delete an error message for a failed memory  allocation in sctp_init() Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> - 2017-05-22 23:00 +0200
  [PATCH 5/5] sctp: Adjust one function call together with a variable  assignment SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-05-22 18:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 5/5] sctp: Adjust one function call together with a  variable assignment Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 5/5] sctp: Adjust one function call together with a  variable assignment Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> - 2017-05-22 23:10 +0200
  [PATCH 3/5] sctp: Fix a typo in a comment line in sctp_init() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-05-22 18:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/5] sctp: Fix a typo in a comment line in sctp_init() Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/5] sctp: Fix a typo in a comment line in sctp_init() Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> - 2017-05-22 23:10 +0200
  [PATCH 4/5] sctp: Improve a size determination in  sctp_inetaddr_event() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-05-22 18:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/5] sctp: Improve a size determination in  sctp_inetaddr_event() Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/5] sctp: Improve a size determination in  sctp_inetaddr_event() Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> - 2017-05-22 23:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/5] net-SCTP: Adjustments for three function implementations Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-23 08:40 +0200

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