Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation

[Mirsad Todorovac]

Hi,

On 11/16/24 09:25, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> Mirsad Todorovac wrote on Sat, Nov 09, 2024 at 10:18:41PM +0100:
>> On the linux-next, next-20241108 vanilla kernel, the coccinelle tool gave the
>> following error report:
>>
>> ./net/9p/trans_usbg.c:912:5-11: ERROR: allocation function on line 911 returns
>> NULL not ERR_PTR on failure
>>
>> kzalloc() failure is fixed to handle the NULL return case on the memory exhaustion.
> 
> Thank you, I've taken this in 9p-next and will submit it to Linus next
> cycle

Hi, Dominique,

Sorry for the late reply, but yes, it is perfectly OK for the patch to go with the
next cycle.

I confirm I can see the commit in the torvalds tree, so this is a minor patch (+2/-2 lines),
but a proof of concept that it can be done.

Best regards,
Mirsad Todorovac