linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] thunderbolt: Fix to check for kmemdup failure

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:25:08 +0200
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] thunderbolt: Fix to check for kmemdup failure

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:57:54AM -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> Memory allocated via kmemdup might fail and return a NULL pointer.
> This patch adds a check on the return value of kmemdup and passes the
> error upstream.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>

Applied, thanks!