Re: [PATCH] MIPS: lantiq: check the return value of kzalloc()

From: Thomas Bogendoerfer
Date: Wed Mar 30 2022 - 15:00:36 EST


On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 07:49:41PM +0800, xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> kzalloc() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
> some internal memory errors happen. So it is better to check the
> return value of it to prevent potential wrong memory access or
> memory leak.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/mips/lantiq/falcon/sysctrl.c | 2 ++
> arch/mips/lantiq/xway/gptu.c | 2 ++
> arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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