linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: Google VPD: Fix memory allocation error handling

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Date:   Fri, 5 May 2017 12:56:47 -0700
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     thierry.escande@...labora.com, wnhuang@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: Google VPD: Fix memory allocation error
 handling

On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 09:08:44PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> This patch fixes several issues:
>    - if the 1st 'kzalloc' fails, we dereference a NULL pointer
>    - if the 2nd 'kzalloc' fails, there is a memory leak
>    - if 'sysfs_create_bin_file' fails there is also a memory leak

Then it should be multiple patches, not fixing 3 things in one patch,
right?

thanks,

greg k-h