Re: [PATCH v2] clk: zynq: Prevent null pointer dereference caused by kmalloc failure

From: Michal Simek
Date: Fri Mar 01 2024 - 02:02:27 EST




On 3/1/24 02:21, Stephen Boyd wrote:
Quoting Michal Simek (2024-02-29 04:45:54)
On 2/29/24 13:22, Duoming Zhou wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/clk/zynq/clkc.c b/drivers/clk/zynq/clkc.c
index 7bdeaff2bfd..e4c4c9adf79 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/zynq/clkc.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/zynq/clkc.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static void __init zynq_clk_setup(struct device_node *np)
SLCR_GEM1_CLK_CTRL, 0, 0, &gem1clk_lock);
tmp = strlen("mio_clk_00x");
- clk_name = kmalloc(tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
+ char clk_name[tmp];

I know that Stephen asked for it but variable with variable length in the middle
of code doesn't look good or useful.

I didn't ask for it to be in the middle of the function :)

I didn't say it. :-)
I know it was about putting it on the stack instead.

M