Re: [PATCH net] ice: Add check for kzalloc
From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Tue Dec 06 2022 - 04:53:46 EST
On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 11:08:05AM +0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> As kzalloc may fail and return NULL pointer,
> it should be better to check the return value
> in order to avoid the NULL pointer dereference.
>
> Fixes: d6b98c8d242a ("ice: add write functionality for GNSS TTY")
> Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
The idea is correct, but please change an implementation to use goto
and proper unwind for whole function. It will remove duplication in the
code which handles tty_port destroys.
Thanks
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c
> index b5a7f246d230..6d3d5e75726b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static struct tty_driver *ice_gnss_create_tty_driver(struct ice_pf *pf)
> const int ICE_TTYDRV_NAME_MAX = 14;
> struct tty_driver *tty_driver;
> char *ttydrv_name;
> - unsigned int i;
> + unsigned int i, j;
> int err;
>
> tty_driver = tty_alloc_driver(ICE_GNSS_TTY_MINOR_DEVICES,
> @@ -462,6 +462,17 @@ static struct tty_driver *ice_gnss_create_tty_driver(struct ice_pf *pf)
> GFP_KERNEL);
> pf->gnss_serial[i] = NULL;
>
> + if (!pf->gnss_tty_port[i]) {
> + for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
> + tty_port_destroy(pf->gnss_tty_port[j]);
> + kfree(pf->gnss_tty_port[j]);
> + }
> + kfree(ttydrv_name);
> + tty_driver_kref_put(pf->ice_gnss_tty_driver);
> +
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> tty_port_init(pf->gnss_tty_port[i]);
> tty_port_link_device(pf->gnss_tty_port[i], tty_driver, i);
> }
> --
> 2.25.1
>