[PATCH v2] powerpc/powernv: add NULL check after kzalloc in opal_add_one_export

Christophe Leroy christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Sun Apr 5 22:12:29 AEST 2020



Le 05/04/2020 à 12:30, Qiujun Huang a écrit :
> Here needs a NULL check.
> 
> Issue found by coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiujun Huang <hqjagain at gmail.com>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c | 5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> index 2b3dfd0b6cdd..5b98c98817aa 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> @@ -808,9 +808,12 @@ static int opal_add_one_export(struct kobject *parent, const char *export_name,
>   
>   	rc = of_property_read_u64_array(np, prop_name, &vals[0], 2);
>   	if (rc)
> -		goto out;
> +		return rc;

Nice you changed that too.

Then there is no need the initialise attr and name to NULL in their 
declaration, as they won't be used before they are assigned.

>   
>   	attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!attr)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
>   	name = kstrdup(export_name, GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!name) {
>   		rc = -ENOMEM;
> 

Christophe


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