linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: imx: Check for memory allocation failure

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdYAqmDDq-UgQUecfquBdSCVHR1=rd96Cx3LT=ySgBXqpg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 May 2017 11:11:27 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@...ndarydevices.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@...tor.com>,
        ext Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: imx: Check for memory allocation failure

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Christophe JAILLET
<christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote:

> If 'devm_kzalloc' fails, a NULL pointer will be dereferenced.
> Return -ENOMEM instead, as done for the other memory allocation just a
> few lines below.
> BTW, change the 'devm_kzalloc' into a 'devm_kcalloc'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij