Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] staging: r8188eu: check the return of kzalloc()

[Pavel Skripkin]

Hi Xkernel,

On 4/6/22 07:30, xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> kzalloc() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
> some internal memory errors happen. So it is better to handle the return
> of it to prevent potential wrong memory access.
>
> Besides, to propagate the error to the caller, the type of
> rtw_alloc_hwxmits() is changed and another check is added in its caller.
> Then if kzalloc() fails, the caller will properly jump to the
> corresponding error hanlding code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> ChangeLog:
> v1->v2 update the description and adjust the sequence of patches.
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c    | 10 ++++++++--
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h |  2 +-
>   2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> index 865b2fc..92a1ad3 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> @@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ s32	_rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
>   
>   	pxmitpriv->free_xmit_extbuf_cnt = num_xmit_extbuf;
>   
> -	rtw_alloc_hwxmits(padapter);
> +	res = rtw_alloc_hwxmits(padapter);
> +	if (res == _FAIL)
> +		goto free_xmit_extbuf;
>   	rtw_init_hwxmits(pxmitpriv->hwxmits, pxmitpriv->hwxmit_entry);
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
> @@ -1490,7 +1492,7 @@ s32 rtw_xmit_classifier(struct adapter *padapter, struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe)
>   	return res;
>   }
>   
> -void rtw_alloc_hwxmits(struct adapter *padapter)
> +s32 rtw_alloc_hwxmits(struct adapter *padapter)
>   {

What about plain 'int'? I know that s32 is typedef for 'int', but 'int' 
looks more natural

just my 2c,


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin