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 64414C43381 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:25:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3719221900 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:25:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728005AbfCVKZN (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:25:13 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:56305 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727739AbfCVKZM (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:25:12 -0400 X-Amp-Result: UNSCANNABLE X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Mar 2019 03:25:11 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.60,256,1549958400"; d="scan'208";a="154142967" Received: from lahna.fi.intel.com (HELO lahna) ([10.237.72.157]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 22 Mar 2019 03:25:08 -0700 Received: by lahna (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:25:08 +0200 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:25:08 +0200 From: Mika Westerberg To: Aditya Pakki Cc: kjlu@umn.edu, Andreas Noever , Michael Jamet , Yehezkel Bernat , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] thunderbolt: Fix to check for kmemdup failure Message-ID: <20190322102508.GS3622@lahna.fi.intel.com> References: <20190320155754.29731-1-pakki001@umn.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190320155754.29731-1-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 Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:57:54AM -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!