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From: andy.shevchenko@gmail.com
To: "Wells Lu 呂芳騰" <wells.lu@sunplus.com>
Cc: "andy.shevchenko@gmail.com" <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
	Wells Lu <wellslutw@gmail.com>,
	"linus.walleij@linaro.org" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	"linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl:sunplus: Add check for kmalloc
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 22:37:15 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZG0V6_bUaz3Thy0q@surfacebook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1560e9c0e5154802ab020b9da846d65f@sphcmbx02.sunplus.com.tw>

Tue, May 23, 2023 at 05:39:51PM +0000, Wells Lu 呂芳騰 kirjoitti:
> > > Fix Smatch static checker warning:
> > > potential null dereference 'configs'. (kmalloc returns null)

...

> > >  			configs = kmalloc(sizeof(*configs), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +			if (!configs)
> > 
> > > +				return -ENOMEM;
> > 
> > "Fixing" by adding a memory leak is not probably a good approach.
> 
> Do you mean I need to free all memory which are allocated in this subroutine before
> return -ENOMEM?

This is my understanding of the code. But as I said... (see below)

...

> > >  			configs = kmalloc(sizeof(*configs), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +			if (!configs)
> > > +				return -ENOMEM;
> > 
> > Ditto.

...

> > It might be that I'm mistaken. In this case please add an explanation why in the commit
> > message.

^^^

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-23 19:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-23 10:11 [PATCH] pinctrl:sunplus: Add check for kmalloc Wells Lu
2023-05-23 16:42 ` andy.shevchenko
2023-05-23 17:39   ` Wells Lu 呂芳騰
2023-05-23 19:37     ` andy.shevchenko [this message]
2023-05-23 20:05       ` Christophe JAILLET
2023-05-25  3:22         ` Wells Lu 呂芳騰
2023-05-25 18:37           ` Christophe JAILLET
2023-05-25 19:42             ` Dan Carpenter
2023-05-26  2:04             ` Wells Lu 呂芳騰
2023-05-26  5:19               ` Christophe JAILLET
2023-05-25 19:19         ` Dan Carpenter
2023-05-25 20:00           ` Christophe JAILLET

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