linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysfs: sysfs_add_one tells you _where

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:41:22 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	arjan@...ux.intel.com, alex.williamson@...com,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: sysfs_add_one tells you _where_ the duplicate
	file is

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:38:35AM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote:
> +	if (ret == -EEXIST) {
> +		char *path = kzalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);

You forgot to check the return value of kzalloc().

Another try?

8th time's a charm?  :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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