[PATCH] efi: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in efivar_init()

2018-02-13 Thread SF Markus Elfring
From: Markus Elfring Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:28:22 +0100 Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring ---

[PATCH] efi/apple-properties: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in unmarshal_devices()

2018-02-13 Thread SF Markus Elfring
From: Markus Elfring Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:52:10 +0100 Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring ---

Re: efi/apple-properties: Checking error handling in unmarshal_devices()

2018-02-14 Thread SF Markus Elfring
> While the allocator does print an error when allocations fail, > it may not be immediately apparent to the user what the > *consequences* are. In this case, the consequence is that the > device properties will not be available for consumption by > drivers and they may fail to probe or behave in