Re: [PATCH RESEND] pinctrl: check devm_kasprintf() returned value

[Christophe JAILLET]

Le 12/09/2024 à 04:08, Ma Ke a écrit :
> devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned
> value is not checked. Fix this lack and check the returned value.
>
> Found by code review.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: a0f160ffcb83 ("pinctrl: add pinctrl/GPIO driver for Apple SoCs")
> Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
> index 3751c7de37aa..f861e63f4115 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
> @@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ static int apple_gpio_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	for (i = 0; i < npins; i++) {
>   		pins[i].number = i;
>   		pins[i].name = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "PIN%u", i);
> +		if (!pins[i].name)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +
>   		pins[i].drv_data = pctl;
>   		pin_names[i] = pins[i].name;
>   		pin_nums[i] = i;

Hi,

this is not really an issue. if pin[i].name is NULL, then 
pinctrl_generic_add_group() below will fail with -EINVAL.
So your change only returns a more correct error code and saves a few 
cycles in case of (unlikely) memory allocation issue.

Anyway:
Reviewed-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

CJ