From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@bitmath.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
cocci@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: MT - Return directly after a failed kzalloc() in input_mt_init_slots()
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 23:43:01 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZY54hX3VLswwKgMH@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5088a905-4f29-41d3-a96e-5b66aad551f1@web.de>
On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 08:43:37PM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 20:36:09 +0100
>
> The kfree() function was called in one case by
> the input_mt_init_slots() function during error handling
> even if the passed variable contained a null pointer.
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Thus return directly after a call of the function “kzalloc” failed
> at the beginning.
This is not needed. The same arguments as on the patch to
usbtouchscreen.c.
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-29 7:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-26 19:43 [PATCH] Input: MT - Return directly after a failed kzalloc() in input_mt_init_slots() Markus Elfring
2023-12-29 7:43 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2023-12-29 9:00 ` Markus Elfring
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