linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: sm501: Add NULL check on devm

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Message-ID: <4b16859d-db44-1772-f9e8-5f467b850295@embeddedor.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 06:58:33 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: sm501: Add NULL check on devm_kzalloc return value


On 11/23/2017 03:37 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 4:50 AM, Gustavo A. R. Silva
> <garsilva@...eddedor.com> wrote:
>
>> Check return value from call to devm_kzalloc() in order to prevent
>> a NULL pointer dereference.
>>
>> This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
>>
>> Fixes: b2e63555592f ("i2c: gpio: Convert to use descriptors")
>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
>

Thank you, Linus.

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Gustavo A. R. Silva