Re: [PATCH 1/3] pstore: Delete six error messages for a failed memory allocation

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Aug 16 2017 - 15:32:28 EST


On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:21 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:30:44 +0200
>
> Omit extra messages for a memory allocation failure in these functions.

I'm not interested in removing these since they provide additional
details about which specific allocation failed.

> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

For all these kinds of patches please include details on which
coccinelle script did the detection...

-Kees

>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/pstore/ram.c | 6 +-----
> fs/pstore/ram_core.c | 15 ++++-----------
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> index 7125b398d312..42d27e5fac9f 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> @@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (dev_of_node(dev) && !pdata) {
> pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!pdata) {
> - pr_err("cannot allocate platform data buffer\n");
> err = -ENOMEM;
> goto fail_out;
> }
> @@ -814,7 +813,6 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> cxt->pstore.bufsize = max(cxt->record_size, cxt->pstore.bufsize);
> cxt->pstore.buf = kmalloc(cxt->pstore.bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!cxt->pstore.buf) {
> - pr_err("cannot allocate pstore buffer\n");
> err = -ENOMEM;
> goto fail_clear;
> }
> @@ -904,10 +902,8 @@ static void ramoops_register_dummy(void)
> pr_info("using module parameters\n");
>
> dummy_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*dummy_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!dummy_data) {
> - pr_info("could not allocate pdata\n");
> + if (!dummy_data)
> return;
> - }
>
> dummy_data->mem_size = mem_size;
> dummy_data->mem_address = mem_address;
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
> index e11672aa4575..fafa8af1289c 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
> @@ -292,10 +292,8 @@ void persistent_ram_save_old(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz)
> if (!prz->old_log) {
> persistent_ram_ecc_old(prz);
> prz->old_log = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> - }
> - if (!prz->old_log) {
> - pr_err("failed to allocate buffer\n");
> - return;
> + if (!prz->old_log)
> + return;
> }
>
> prz->old_log_size = size;
> @@ -411,8 +409,5 @@ static void *persistent_ram_vmap(phys_addr_t start, size_t size,
> - if (!pages) {
> - pr_err("%s: Failed to allocate array for %u pages\n",
> - __func__, page_count);
> + if (!pages)
> return NULL;
> - }
>
> for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++) {
> phys_addr_t addr = page_start + i * PAGE_SIZE;
> @@ -529,7 +524,5 @@ struct persistent_ram_zone *persistent_ram_new(phys_addr_t start, size_t size,
> - if (!prz) {
> - pr_err("failed to allocate persistent ram zone\n");
> + if (!prz)
> goto err;
> - }
>
> /* Initialize general buffer state. */
> raw_spin_lock_init(&prz->buffer_lock);
> --
> 2.14.0
>



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security