netdev - Re: [PATCH] rfkill: Fix check for correct rfkill allocation

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Date:	Sat, 19 May 2007 11:34:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ivdoorn@...il.com
Cc:	snakebyte@....de, dtor@...ightbb.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rfkill: Fix check for correct rfkill allocation

From: Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 14:08:43 +0200

> coverity has spotted a bug in rfkill.c (bug id #1627),
> in rfkill_allocate() NULL was returns if the kzalloc() works,
> and deref the NULL pointer if it fails,
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@...il.com>

I really wonder how well tested this rfkill code is
if the object allocation is so busted like this :-/

I'll apply your patch, thank you.
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