linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] iw_cxgb4: check return value of alloc

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Date:   Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:10:42 -0400
From:   Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
To:     Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>, Steve Wise <swise@...lsio.com>,
        Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] iw_cxgb4: check return value of alloc_skb

On Sun, 2017-04-23 at 17:09 +0800, Pan Bian wrote:
> Function alloc_skb() will return a NULL pointer when there is no
> enough
> memory. However, the return value of alloc_skb() is directly used
> without validation in function send_fw_pass_open_req(). This patches
> checks the return value of alloc_skb() against NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>

Thanks, applied.

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