[PATCH] media: stk1160: Restore deleted comment in stk1160_fill_urb()

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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





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