This comment explains why we return success when usb_alloc_noncoherent() fails and I think it's helpful. It was deleted during a recent refactor, but let's add it back. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-video.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-video.c index 416cb74377eb..3e6bffd49346 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-video.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-video.c @@ -408,8 +408,13 @@ static int stk1160_fill_urb(struct stk1160 *dev, struct stk1160_urb *stk_urb, stk_urb->transfer_buffer = usb_alloc_noncoherent(dev->udev, sb_size, GFP_KERNEL, &stk_urb->dma, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, &stk_urb->sgt); - if (!stk_urb->transfer_buffer) + if (!stk_urb->transfer_buffer) { + /* + * If the buffer allocation failed, we exit but return 0 since + * we allow the driver working with less buffers. + */ goto free_urb; + } stk_urb->dev = dev; return 0; -- 2.47.2