Re: [PATCH v3] arcnet: Add NULL check in com20020pci_probe()

[Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>]

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> Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue and ensure
> no resources are left allocated.

I hope that further refinement possibilities can be taken better into account.


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> ---
> V2 -> V3: Reuse label err_free_arcdev for exception handing.
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> +++ b/drivers/net/arcnet/com20020-pci.c
> @@ -251,18 +251,33 @@ static int com20020pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  			card->tx_led.default_trigger = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev,
>  							GFP_KERNEL, "arc%d-%d-tx",
>  							dev->dev_id, i);
> +			if (!card->tx_led.default_trigger) {
> +				ret = -ENOMEM;
> +				goto err_free_arcdev;
> +			}
…

I propose to avoid duplicate source code also for the shown completion of
the corresponding exception handling.
https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MEM12-C.+Consider+using+a+goto+chain+when+leaving+a+function+on+error+when+using+and+releasing+resources#MEM12C.Considerusingagotochainwhenleavingafunctiononerrorwhenusingandreleasingresources-CompliantSolution(copy_process()fromLinuxkernel)

See also once more:
* https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/?q=e_nomem

* https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html

Regards,
Markus