linux-kernel - [PATCH] pch_uart: check kzalloc result in dma_handle

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:43:57 +0800
From:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] pch_uart: check kzalloc result in dma_handle_tx()

Reported by coccinelle:

drivers/tty/serial/pch_uart.c:979:1-14: alloc with no test, possible model on line 994

Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/pch_uart.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

WARNING: this may be a superficial fix!

--- linux.orig/drivers/tty/serial/pch_uart.c	2012-06-07 05:39:57.550846385 +0800
+++ linux/drivers/tty/serial/pch_uart.c	2012-07-28 20:37:27.803145392 +0800
@@ -974,6 +974,10 @@ static unsigned int dma_handle_tx(struct
 	priv->tx_dma_use = 1;
 
 	priv->sg_tx_p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist)*num, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!priv->sg_tx_p) {
+		dev_err(priv->port.dev, "%s:kzalloc Failed\n", __func__);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	sg_init_table(priv->sg_tx_p, num); /* Initialize SG table */
 	sg = priv->sg_tx_p;
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