Re: [PATCH] ipmi: kcs_bmc: handle devm_kasprintf() failure case

From: Wang, Haiyue
Date: Tue Nov 27 2018 - 19:54:12 EST


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Great check for making kcs_bmc module be more stable and handle things gracefully.

My tag if needed.
Reviewed-by: Haiyue Wang<haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

å 2018-11-27 21:36, Corey Minyard åé:
On 11/21/18 9:08 AM, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
devm_kasprintf() may return NULL if internal allocation failed so this
assignment is not safe. Moved the error exit path and added the !NULL
which then allows the devres manager to take care of cleanup.


Added the original author. This looks correct to me, I've included it, but I would
like Haiyue to comment, if possible.

Thanks,

-corey


Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: cd2315d471f4 ("ipmi: kcs_bmc: don't change device name")