linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: loop: Check for memory allocation failure

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Message-ID: <20170506144519.GA23180@lunn.ch>
Date:   Sat, 6 May 2017 16:45:19 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: loop: Check for memory allocation failure

On Sat, May 06, 2017 at 07:29:45AM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> If 'devm_kzalloc' fails, a NULL pointer will be dereferenced.
> Return -ENOMEM instead, as done for some other memory allocation just a
> few lines above.
> 
> Fixes: 98cd1552ea27 ("net: dsa: Mock-up driver")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew