linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv: add NULL check after kzalloc in opal_add_one

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Date:   Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:21:49 +0800
From:   Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@...il.com>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Cc:     benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv: add NULL check after kzalloc in opal_add_one_export

On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 6:13 PM Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr> wrote:
>
>
>
> Le 05/04/2020 à 09:51, Qiujun Huang a écrit :
> > Here needs a NULL check.
> >
> > Issue found by coccinelle.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@...il.com>
> > ---
> >   arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c | 5 +++++
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> > index 2b3dfd0b6cdd..09443ae3a86e 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
> > @@ -811,6 +811,11 @@ static int opal_add_one_export(struct kobject *parent, const char *export_name,
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +     if (!attr) {
> > +             rc = -ENOMEM;
> > +             goto out;
>
> You don't need to go to out:, there is nothing to do. You should do:
>
>         if (!attr)
>                 return -ENOMEM;

Yeah, I get that. Thanks.

>
> > +     }
> > +
> >       name = kstrdup(export_name, GFP_KERNEL);
> >       if (!name) {
> >               rc = -ENOMEM;
> >
>
> Christophe