linux-kernel - [PATCH] gpio-mcp23s08: correctly handling failed allocation

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Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:19:57 -0500
From:	Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.com>
To:	linus.walleij@...aro.org, gnurou@...il.com,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	taesoo@...ech.edu, yeongjin.jang@...ech.edu, insu@...ech.edu,
	changwoo@...ech.edu, Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] gpio-mcp23s08: correctly handling failed allocation

Since devm_kzalloc can be failed in memory pressure,
it needs to check and return -ENOMEM

Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
index c767879..ed51dcf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ static int mcp230xx_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 			pdata = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev,
 					sizeof(struct mcp23s08_platform_data),
 					GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!pdata)
+				return -ENOMEM;
 			pdata->base = -1;
 		}
 	}
-- 
1.9.1