linux-kernel - Re: fs/ntfs/super.c:2717:1-14: alloc with no test

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Date:	Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:42:12 +0530
From:	"devendra.aaru" <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
To:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	Anton Altaparmakov <anton@...era.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ntfs-dev@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fs/ntfs/super.c:2717:1-14: alloc with no test

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Anton,
>
> FYI, coccinelle warns about
>
> fs/ntfs/super.c:2717:1-14: alloc with no test, possible model on line 2718
>
> vim +2717 fs/ntfs/super.c
>   2714          sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
>   2715  #endif /* ! NTFS_RW */
>   2716          /* Allocate a new ntfs_volume and place it in sb->s_fs_info. */
>> 2717          sb->s_fs_info = kmalloc(sizeof(ntfs_volume), GFP_NOFS);

That's i think a false alarm.

>   2718          vol = NTFS_SB(sb);

The NTFS_SB(buf) {
      buf->s_fs_info;
 }

so we are validating the allocated pointer s_fs_info.

correct me if i am wrong.

Thanks,

>   2719          if (!vol) {
>   2720                  if (!silent)
>
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