[PATCH] arch/alpha/kernel: Add kmalloc NULL tests

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Mon Jul 13 2009 - 04:54:45 EST


From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>

Check that the result of kmalloc is not NULL before passing it to other
functions.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@@
expression *x;
identifier f;
constant char *C;
@@

x = \(kmalloc\|kcalloc\|kzalloc\)(...);
... when != x == NULL
when != x != NULL
when != (x || ...)
(
kfree(x)
|
f(...,C,...,x,...)
|
*f(...,x,...)
|
*x->f
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>

---
arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c | 2 ++
arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c
index e302dae..80953bc 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c
@@ -1103,6 +1103,8 @@ marvel_agp_info(void)
* Allocate the info structure.
*/
agp = kmalloc(sizeof(*agp), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!agp)
+ return NULL;

/*
* Fill it in.
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c
index 319fcb7..d6fd453 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ titan_agp_info(void)
* Allocate the info structure.
*/
agp = kmalloc(sizeof(*agp), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!agp)
+ return NULL;

/*
* Fill it in.
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