linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH 2.6.19-rc1] drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c: check kmalloc() return value.

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Date:	Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:18:58 +0400
From:	Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...il.com>,
	v4l-dvb maintainer list <v4l-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 2.6.19-rc1] drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c:
 check kmalloc() return value.

Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 12:34:41PM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote:
>> Amit Choudhary wrote:
>>> Description: Check the return value of kmalloc() in function frontend_init(), in file drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...il.com>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c
>>> index fb6c4cc..14e69a7 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c
>>> @@ -665,6 +665,10 @@ static void frontend_init(struct dvb_bt8
>>>  	case BTTV_BOARD_TWINHAN_DST:
>>>  		/*	DST is not a frontend driver !!!		*/
>>>  		state = (struct dst_state *) kmalloc(sizeof (struct dst_state), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> +		if (!state) {
>>> +			printk("dvb_bt8xx: No memory\n");
>>> +			break;
>>> +		}
>>>  		/*	Setup the Card					*/
>>>  		state->config = &dst_config;
>>>  		state->i2c = card->i2c_adapter;
>>> -
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Manu Abraham <manu@...uxtv.org>
> 
> Care to send the full patch in a format that we can apply it to the
> -stable tree?
> 


 dvb-bt8xx.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+)


Thanks,

Manu

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