* [patch] nfs: testing the wrong variable
@ 2010-10-28 6:05 Dan Carpenter
2010-10-28 18:18 ` Trond Myklebust
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2010-10-28 6:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Trond Myklebust; +Cc: linux-nfs, kernel-janitors
The intent was to test "*desc" for allocation failures, but it tests
"desc" which is always a valid pointer here.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
index dec47ed..4e2d9b6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_idmap_get_desc(const char *name, size_t namelen,
size_t desclen = typelen + namelen + 2;
*desc = kmalloc(desclen, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!desc)
+ if (!*desc)
return -ENOMEM;
cp = *desc;
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: [patch] nfs: testing the wrong variable
2010-10-28 6:05 [patch] nfs: testing the wrong variable Dan Carpenter
@ 2010-10-28 18:18 ` Trond Myklebust
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Trond Myklebust @ 2010-10-28 18:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dan Carpenter; +Cc: linux-nfs, kernel-janitors
On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 08:05 +0200, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The intent was to test "*desc" for allocation failures, but it tests
> "desc" which is always a valid pointer here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
>
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
> index dec47ed..4e2d9b6 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
> @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_idmap_get_desc(const char *name, size_t namelen,
> size_t desclen = typelen + namelen + 2;
>
> *desc = kmalloc(desclen, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!desc)
> + if (!*desc)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> cp = *desc;
Thanks! Applied!
Trond
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2010-10-28 18:18 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2010-10-28 6:05 [patch] nfs: testing the wrong variable Dan Carpenter
2010-10-28 18:18 ` Trond Myklebust
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).