Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/display: fix missing null check on allocated dsb object

From: Colin Ian King
Date: Tue Jun 16 2020 - 07:56:06 EST


On 16/06/2020 12:54, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 12:42:21PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Currently there is no null check for a failed memory allocation
>> on the dsb object and without this a null pointer dereference
>> error can occur. Fix this by adding a null check.
>>
>> Note: added a drm_err message in keeping with the error message style
>> in the function.
>
> Don't give in to peer pressure! That's like being a lemming when Disney
> film makers come to push you off the cliff to create the 1958 nature
> film "White Wilderness".

:-)

>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>