From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CAFC43381 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:45:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1899F2184E for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:45:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727738AbfCTKph (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Mar 2019 06:45:37 -0400 Received: from mga12.intel.com ([192.55.52.136]:64120 "EHLO mga12.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726006AbfCTKpg (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Mar 2019 06:45:36 -0400 X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga007.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.58]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Mar 2019 03:45:36 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.60,248,1549958400"; d="scan'208";a="124219223" Received: from lahna.fi.intel.com (HELO lahna) ([10.237.72.157]) by orsmga007.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 20 Mar 2019 03:45:32 -0700 Received: by lahna (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:45:32 +0200 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:45:31 +0200 From: Mika Westerberg To: Aditya Pakki Cc: pakki001@um.edu, kjlu@umn.edu, Andreas Noever , Michael Jamet , Yehezkel Bernat , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Fix to check for kmemdup failure Message-ID: <20190320104531.GR3622@lahna.fi.intel.com> References: <20190318224417.7500-1-pakki001@umn.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190318224417.7500-1-pakki001@umn.edu> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.3 (2019-02-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 05:44:17PM -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote: > Memory allocated via kmemdup might fail and return a NULL pointer. > This patch adds a check on the return value of kmemdup and passes the > error upstream. > > Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki Applied, thanks!