Re: [PATCH] Fixes no Null check of dev_skb_alloc in fw_download_code

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 05:26:18PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Some more meta-comments.  Your subject: should give people a clue as to
where in the kernel you are changing.  This patch would be:
	Subject: staging: rtl8192e: check return value of dev_skb_alloc

And then in the body of the patch changelog area, explain why you are
doing this.

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
> index 1a95d1f..1a90546 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address,
>  		}
>  
>  		skb  = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length + 4);
> +		if (!skb) {
> +			rt_status = false;
> +			return rt_status;
> +		}

Does that really look like the correct thing to be doing here?  Surely
you can delete 2 lines of this patch, right?

thanks,

greg k-h