linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NULL check value returned by alloc

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Date:   Wed, 9 Jun 2021 14:20:48 +0200
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     Dhiraj Shah <find.dhiraj@...il.com>
Cc:     Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
        Bluez mailing list <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NULL check value returned by alloc_skb

Hi Dhiraj,

> Return error ENOMEM if alloc_skb() failed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dhiraj Shah <find.dhiraj@...il.com>
> ---
> drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c b/drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c
> index c804db7e90f8..5f82574236c0 100644
> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c
> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static int virtbt_add_inbuf(struct virtio_bluetooth *vbt)
> 	int err;
> 
> 	skb = alloc_skb(1000, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!skb)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> 	sg_init_one(sg, skb->data, 1000);
> 
> 	err = virtqueue_add_inbuf(vq, sg, 1, skb, GFP_KERNEL);

a similar patch is already upstream in bluetooth-next.

Regards

Marcel