linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] check _malloc return value in rtl8712

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Date:	Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:48:38 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Xiaochen Wang <wangxiaochen0@...il.com>
CC:	greg@...ah.com, florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] check _malloc return value in rtl8712

On 03/06/2011 08:53 AM, Xiaochen Wang wrote:
> Description: The original check is wrong.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Wang<wangxiaochen0@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c |    2 +-
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> index 685a7b1..51fef02 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> @@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static int r871x_wx_set_priv(struct net_device *dev,
>
>   	len = dwrq->length;
>   	ext = _malloc(len);
> -	if (!_malloc(len))
> +	if (!ext)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   	if (copy_from_user(ext, dwrq->pointer, len)) {
>   		kfree(ext);

ACK.

Larry

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