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Message-ID: <CAKgT0UcxqU9HBMDLKAq4-pJdAQveoGs8sQJHWoFegF3qY+RYEg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:51:50 -0800
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:	Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.com>
Cc:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	shannon nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
	intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	taesoo@...ech.edu, yeongjin.jang@...ech.edu, insu@...ech.edu,
	changwoo@...ech.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: correctly handling failed allocation

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.com> wrote:
> Since kzalloc can be failed in memory pressure,
> NULL derefence could be happened.
>
> Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> index aed8d02..aa5eda0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> @@ -5331,6 +5331,8 @@ static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
>         adapter->mac_table = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ixgbe_mac_addr) *
>                                      hw->mac.num_rar_entries,
>                                      GFP_ATOMIC);
> +       if (!adapter->mac_table)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
>
>         /* Set MAC specific capability flags and exceptions */
>         switch (hw->mac.type) {
> --
> 1.9.1

That change is already present in the current net-next.

Take a look at commit 530fd82a9fea ("ixgbe: Return error on failure to
allocate mac_table").

- Alex
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