linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] check the kzalloc return value

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:47:41 +0400
From:	Denis Kirjanov <kirjanov@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] check the kzalloc return value

I'll resubmit a new patch.

Thanks!

On 10/23/12, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:56:04PM +0400, Denis Kirjanov wrote:
>>
>
> Needs a commit message.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <kirjanov@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c |    3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
>> index ed0bc07..55ce016 100644
>> --- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
>> @@ -1128,7 +1128,8 @@ int __init edac_mc_sysfs_init(void)
>>  	}
>>
>>  	mci_pdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*mci_pdev), GFP_KERNEL);
>> -
>> +	if (!mci_pdev)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>
> This either needs to do
>
> 	edac_put_sysfs_subsys();
>
> on the error-out path.
>
>>  	mci_pdev->bus = edac_subsys;
>>  	mci_pdev->type = &mc_attr_type;
>>  	device_initialize(mci_pdev);
>
> Thanks.
>
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-- 
Regards,
Denis
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