linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] hv: util: checking the wrong variable

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Message-Id: <1435966252-3393-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com>
Date:	Fri,  3 Jul 2015 16:30:48 -0700
From:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	vkuznets@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] hv: util: checking the wrong variable

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

We don't catch this allocation failure because there is a typo and we
check the wrong variable.

Fixes: 14b50f80c32d ('Drivers: hv: util: introduce hv_utils_transport abstraction')

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
index ea7ba5e..6a9d80a 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int hvutil_transport_send(struct hvutil_transport *hvt, void *msg, int len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	} else if (hvt->mode == HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_NETLINK) {
 		cn_msg = kzalloc(sizeof(*cn_msg) + len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!msg)
+		if (!cn_msg)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		cn_msg->id.idx = hvt->cn_id.idx;
 		cn_msg->id.val = hvt->cn_id.val;
-- 
1.7.4.1

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