[PATCH 2.6.19] drivers/char/vt.c: check kmalloc() return value.

From: Amit Choudhary
Date: Thu Dec 07 2006 - 02:31:20 EST


Description: Check the return value of kmalloc() in function con_init(), in file drivers/char/vt.c.

Signed-off-by: Amit Choudhary <amit2030@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 87587b4..6aa08cb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2640,6 +2640,15 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
*/
for (currcons = 0; currcons < MIN_NR_CONSOLES; currcons++) {
vc_cons[currcons].d = vc = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct vc_data));
+ if (!vc_cons[currcons].d) {
+ for (--currcons; currcons >= 0; currcons--) {
+ kfree(vc_cons[currcons].d);
+ vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
+ }
+ release_console_sem();
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
vc->vc_screenbuf = (unsigned short *)alloc_bootmem(vc->vc_screenbuf_size);
vc->vc_kmalloced = 0;
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