Re: [PATCH] scsi: ufs: ufshcd-pltfrm: check the return value of kstrdup()

From: Bart Van Assche
Date: Sun Dec 12 2021 - 17:32:44 EST


On 12/11/21 10:14, xkernel wrote:
kstrdup() can return NULL if some internal memory errors happen, so it
is better to check the return value of it.

Signed-off-by: xkernel <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Is xkernel the name of a person or the name of a robot? Patches should be signed by a person even if these have been generated by a robot.

+ clki->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!clki->name) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ devm_kfree(dev, clki);
+ goto out;
+ }

Is the devm_kfree() call necessary? Is it useful?

Thanks,

Bart.