linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipmi: kcs_bmc: handle devm

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Date:   Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:54:06 +0800
From:   "Wang, Haiyue" <haiyue.wang@...ux.intel.com>
To:     minyard@....org, Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: kcs_bmc: handle devm_kasprintf() failure case

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Great check for making kcs_bmc module be more stable and handle things gracefully.

My tag if needed.
      Reviewed-by: Haiyue Wang<haiyue.wang@...ux.intel.com>

在 2018-11-27 21:36, Corey Minyard 写道:
> On 11/21/18 9:08 AM, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
>> devm_kasprintf() may return NULL if internal allocation failed so this
>> assignment is not safe. Moved the error exit path and added the !NULL
>> which then allows the devres manager to take care of cleanup.
>
>
> Added the original author.  This looks correct to me, I've included 
> it, but I would
> like Haiyue to comment, if possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -corey
>
>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
>> Fixes: cd2315d471f4 ("ipmi: kcs_bmc: don't change device name")