linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] pinctrl: pinctrl-single: add allocation failure checking of saved

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:31:35 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...aro.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux-OMAP <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] pinctrl: pinctrl-single: add allocation failure
 checking of saved_vals

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 3:43 PM, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Currently saved_vals is being allocated and there is no check for
> failed allocation (which is more likely than normal when using
> GFP_ATOMIC).  Fix this by checking for a failed allocation and
> propagating this error return down the the caller chain.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1469841 ("Dereference null return value")
>
> Fixes: 88a1dbdec682 ("pinctrl: pinctrl-single: Add functions to save and restore pinctrl context")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch applied with Johan's and Tony's ACKs.

Yours,
Linus Walleij