linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 002/328] EDAC: i7core: Return proper error codes for kzalloc() errors

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Date:   Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:50:33 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Takashi Iwai" <tiwai@...e.de>,
        "Borislav Petkov" <bp@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 002/328] EDAC: i7core: Return proper error codes for
 kzalloc() errors

3.16.62-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>

commit e97d7e38162dc305b4734a316ca758a2bbd1fa6e upstream.

... instead of possibly uninitialized return value.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1423046938-18111-5-git-send-email-tiwai@suse.de
[ Add a commit message, albeit a small one. ]
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ static int i7core_create_sysfs_devices(s
 
 	pvt->addrmatch_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*pvt->addrmatch_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pvt->addrmatch_dev)
-		return rc;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	pvt->addrmatch_dev->type = &addrmatch_type;
 	pvt->addrmatch_dev->bus = mci->dev.bus;
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ static int i7core_create_sysfs_devices(s
 		if (!pvt->chancounts_dev) {
 			put_device(pvt->addrmatch_dev);
 			device_del(pvt->addrmatch_dev);
-			return rc;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
 		pvt->chancounts_dev->type = &all_channel_counts_type;