Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi: Check NULL for kmalloc() return

["Davidlohr Bueso A." <dave@gnu.org>]

On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:56:48PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Davidlohr Bueso A. wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 08:54:44PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Davidlohr Bueso A. wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Verify that ch->dt is not NULL before using it:
> > > > ch-dt[elem] = value;
> > > 
> > > It looks like buffer should be freed as well?
> > 
> > The way I see it, this is done in ch_remove()
> 
> I don't see that at all.  buffer appears to be a variable that is local to 
> ch_readconfig and is passed down to other functions, but never saved 
> anywhere.  Furthermore buffer is freed in the normal exit of the function, 
> so it seems likely that it should be freed on an early exit as well.

Sorry, misread, for some reason I thought you were talking about freeing ch->dt, correting patch.

Thanks,
Davidlohr

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>

---
 drivers/scsi/ch.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ch.c b/drivers/scsi/ch.c
index 7b1633a..bb42ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ch.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ch.c
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ ch_readconfig(scsi_changer *ch)
        /* look up the devices of the data transfer elements */
        ch->dt = kmalloc(ch->counts[CHET_DT]*sizeof(struct scsi_device),
                         GFP_KERNEL);
+
+       if (!ch->dt) {
+               free(buffer);
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
        for (elem = 0; elem < ch->counts[CHET_DT]; elem++) {
                id  = -1;
                lun = 0;