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* [PATCH v2] mtd: powernv_flash: check return value of devm_kasprintf()
@ 2023-10-19  1:30 Yi Yang
  2023-10-19  6:25 ` Miquel Raynal
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Yi Yang @ 2023-10-19  1:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: miquel.raynal, richard, vigneshr, mpe, npiggin, christophe.leroy,
	u.kleine-koenig, tudor.ambarus, robh
  Cc: linuxppc-dev, linux-mtd

devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by
checking the pointer validity.

Fixes: acfe63ec1c59 ("mtd: Convert to using %pOFn instead of device_node.name")
Signed-off-by: Yi Yang <yiyang13@huawei.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
index 66044f4f5bad..956a79c739e5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/powernv_flash.c
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ static int powernv_flash_set_driver_info(struct device *dev,
 	 * get them
 	 */
 	mtd->name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%pOFP", dev->of_node);
+	if (!mtd->name) {
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate mtd->name\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	mtd->type = MTD_NORFLASH;
 	mtd->flags = MTD_WRITEABLE;
 	mtd->size = size;
-- 
2.25.1


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* Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: powernv_flash: check return value of devm_kasprintf()
  2023-10-19  1:30 [PATCH v2] mtd: powernv_flash: check return value of devm_kasprintf() Yi Yang
@ 2023-10-19  6:25 ` Miquel Raynal
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Miquel Raynal @ 2023-10-19  6:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Yi Yang
  Cc: robh, vigneshr, richard, tudor.ambarus, linux-mtd, npiggin,
	u.kleine-koenig, linuxppc-dev

Hi Yi,

yiyang13@huawei.com wrote on Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:30:50 +0000:

> devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
> which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by
> checking the pointer validity.
> 
> Fixes: acfe63ec1c59 ("mtd: Convert to using %pOFn instead of device_node.name")
> Signed-off-by: Yi Yang <yiyang13@huawei.com>

Please re-read my previous answer and address all comments.

Thanks,
Miquèl

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