Re: [PATCH] md: Combine two kmalloc() calls into one in sb_equal()

[Bernd Schubert]

On 09.12.2016 19:30, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 19:09:13 +0100
>
> The function "kmalloc" was called in one case by the function "sb_equal"
> without checking immediately if it failed.

Err, your patch actually *replaces* the check. So where did you get the 
idea from that it is not checked immediately?

[...]

> -	tmp1 = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp1),GFP_KERNEL);
> -	tmp2 = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp2),GFP_KERNEL);
> -
> -	if (!tmp1 || !tmp2) {
> -		ret = 0;
> -		goto abort;
> -	}

This is not immediately?



Bernd