Re: [PATCH] RDMA/bnxt_re: check debugfs parameter allocation

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>]

On Sat, Jun 06, 2026 at 12:06:44PM +0800, Ruoyu Wang wrote:
> bnxt_re_debugfs_add_pdev() allocates per-file private data for the CC
> configuration debugfs entries. The loop that initializes those entries
> uses rdev->cc_config_params immediately, so allocation failure would lead
> to NULL pointer dereferences while setting up debugfs.
> 
> Debugfs is best-effort. If the CC configuration private data cannot be
> allocated, skip those entries and continue with the independent CQ
> coalescing debugfs setup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ruoyu Wang <ruoyuw560@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/debugfs.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Applied though

>  	rdev->cc_config_params = kzalloc_obj(*cc_params);
> +	if (!rdev->cc_config_params)
> +		goto init_cq_coal;

I changed this to just return, there is no point in continuing to
setup as the machine is probably dead if this fails.

Thanks,
Jason