linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tile: add null check for kzalloc in tile/kernel/setup.c

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Message-ID: <521F8CCE.2010508@tilera.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:02:54 -0400
From:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
To:	Wang Sheng-Hui <shhuiw@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tile: add null check for kzalloc in tile/kernel/setup.c

On 8/21/2013 9:49 PM, Wang Sheng-Hui wrote:
> Should check the return value of kzalloc first to avoid the null pointer.
> Then can dereference the non-null pointer to access the fields of struct resource.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Sheng-Hui <shhuiw@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/tile/kernel/setup.c |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Thanks.  Taken into the tile tree.
-- 
Chris Metcalf, Tilera Corp.
http://www.tilera.com
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