Logging messages that show some type of "out of memory" error are generally unnecessary as there is a generic message and a stack dump done by the memory subsystem. These messages generally increase kernel size without much added value[1]. The dev_err_probe() doesn't do anything when error is '-ENOMEM'. Therefore, remove the useless call to dev_err_probe(), and just return the value instead. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1402419340.30479.18.camel@joe-AO725/ Signed-off-by: Liao Yuanhong <liaoyuanhong@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/tegra/tegra-se-main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/tegra/tegra-se-main.c b/drivers/crypto/tegra/tegra-se-main.c index 1c94f1de0546..7237f14eaf5a 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/tegra/tegra-se-main.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/tegra/tegra-se-main.c @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int tegra_se_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) se->engine = crypto_engine_alloc_init(dev, 0); if (!se->engine) - return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENOMEM, "failed to init crypto engine\n"); + return -ENOMEM; ret = crypto_engine_start(se->engine); if (ret) { -- 2.34.1