Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: powernv: fix missing check of return value in init_powernv_pstates()

[Viresh Kumar]

On 16-02-19, 12:06, Yangtao Li wrote:
> kmalloc() could fail, so insert a check of its return value. And
> if it fails, returns -ENOMEM.
> 
> And remove (struct pstate_idx_revmap_data *) to fix coccinelle WARNING
> by the way.
> 
> WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (struct
> pstate_idx_revmap_data *) is useless.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> index 7e7ad3879c4e..d2230812fa4b 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> @@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ static int init_powernv_pstates(void)
>  	u32 len_ids, len_freqs;
>  	u32 pstate_min, pstate_max, pstate_nominal;
>  	u32 pstate_turbo, pstate_ultra_turbo;
> +	int rc = -ENODEV;
>  
>  	power_mgt = of_find_node_by_path("/ibm,opal/power-mgt");
>  	if (!power_mgt) {
> @@ -327,8 +328,11 @@ static int init_powernv_pstates(void)
>  		powernv_freqs[i].frequency = freq * 1000; /* kHz */
>  		powernv_freqs[i].driver_data = id & 0xFF;
>  
> -		revmap_data = (struct pstate_idx_revmap_data *)
> -			      kmalloc(sizeof(*revmap_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		revmap_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*revmap_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (!revmap_data) {
> +			rc = -ENOMEM;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
>  
>  		revmap_data->pstate_id = id & 0xFF;
>  		revmap_data->cpufreq_table_idx = i;
> @@ -357,7 +361,7 @@ static int init_powernv_pstates(void)
>  	return 0;
>  out:
>  	of_node_put(power_mgt);
> -	return -ENODEV;
> +	return rc;
>  }
>  
>  /* Returns the CPU frequency corresponding to the pstate_id. */

Applied. Thanks.

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viresh