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Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 01:13:57 +0100 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net> To: Pan Bian <bianpan201602@....com> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] cpuidle: fix improper return value on error On Saturday, December 03, 2016 11:02:27 PM Pan Bian wrote: > From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com> > > In function cpuidle_add_state_sysfs(), variable ret takes the return > value. Its value should be negative on errors. Because ret is reset in > the loop, its value will be 0 during the second and after repeat of the > loop. If kzalloc() returns a NULL pointer then, it will return 0. It may > be better to explicitly assign "-ENOMEM" when the call to kzalloc() > fails. > > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188901 > > Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com> > --- > drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c b/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c > index 832a2c3..c5adc8c 100644 > --- a/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c > +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c > @@ -403,8 +403,10 @@ static int cpuidle_add_state_sysfs(struct cpuidle_device *device) > /* state statistics */ > for (i = 0; i < drv->state_count; i++) { > kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpuidle_state_kobj), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!kobj) > + if (!kobj) { > + ret = -ENOMEM; > goto error_state; > + } > kobj->state = &drv->states[i]; > kobj->state_usage = &device->states_usage[i]; > init_completion(&kobj->kobj_unregister); > Applied. Thanks, Rafael
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