linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging/otus: Add null check and fix coding style issue

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Message-Id: <201004270034.49340.PeterHuewe@gmx.de>
Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:34:49 +0200
From:	Peter Huewe <PeterHuewe@....de>
To:	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com>,
	D Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>,
	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging/otus: Add null check and fix coding style issue

From: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>

This patch removes mixing of declarations and code and adds a null-test
after a kmalloc.

Patch against linux-next as of 20100427

Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>
---
 drivers/staging/otus/ioctl.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/otus/ioctl.c b/drivers/staging/otus/ioctl.c
index 84be4b2..cface46 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/otus/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/otus/ioctl.c
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ int usbdrvwext_giwscan(struct net_device *dev,
 	char *current_ev = extra;
 	char *end_buf;
 	int i;
+	struct zsBssListV1 *pBssList;
 	/* BssList = wd->sta.pBssList; */
 	/* zmw_get_wlan_dev(dev); */
 
@@ -874,8 +875,10 @@ int usbdrvwext_giwscan(struct net_device *dev,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* struct zsBssList BssList; */
-	struct zsBssListV1 *pBssList = kmalloc(sizeof(struct zsBssListV1),
-								GFP_KERNEL);
+	pBssList = kmalloc(sizeof(struct zsBssListV1), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (pBssList == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	if (data->length == 0)
 		end_buf = extra + IW_SCAN_MAX_DATA;
 	else
-- 
1.6.4.4

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