Re: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv: add NULL check after kzalloc in opal_add_one_export

From: Qiujun Huang
Date: Sun Apr 05 2020 - 06:28:50 EST


On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 6:13 PM Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>
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> Le 05/04/2020 Ã 09:51, Qiujun Huang a Ãcrit :
> > Here needs a NULL check.
> >
> > Issue found by coccinelle.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> > index 2b3dfd0b6cdd..09443ae3a86e 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> > @@ -811,6 +811,11 @@ static int opal_add_one_export(struct kobject *parent, const char *export_name,
> > goto out;
> >
> > attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!attr) {
> > + rc = -ENOMEM;
> > + goto out;
>
> You don't need to go to out:, there is nothing to do. You should do:
>
> if (!attr)
> return -ENOMEM;

Yeah, I get that. Thanks.

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> > + }
> > +
> > name = kstrdup(export_name, GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!name) {
> > rc = -ENOMEM;
> >
>
> Christophe