linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c: check kmalloc() return value.

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Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:14:24 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
To:	Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c: check kmalloc() return value.

Am Freitag, 9. März 2007 08:18 schrieb Amit Choudhary:
> Description: Check the return value of kmalloc() in function mos7840_get_reg(), in file drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c.

No, this is wrong. You must catch this at the source. The driver
cannot function if this function always returns -ENOMEM. It makes
no sense to start up the device under these circumstances.

	Regards
		Oliver

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