linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA: missing check for possible NULL after the call to kstrdup

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Date:   Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:20:47 +0900
From:   Austin Kim <austindh.kim@...il.com>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:     tiwai@...e.com, perex@...ex.cz, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        김동현 <austin.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: missing check for possible NULL after the call to kstrdup

2021년 11월 9일 (화) 오후 3:24, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>님이 작성:
>
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2021 01:37:42 +0100,
> Austin Kim wrote:
> >
> > From: Austin Kim <austin.kim@....com>
> >
> > If kcalloc() return NULL due to memory starvation, it is possible for
> > kstrdup() to return NULL in similar case. So add null check after the call
> > to kstrdup() is made.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austin.kim@....com>
>
> Thanks, applied now with a minor coding-style fix (we need no extra
> parentheses), the correction of the subject line with the proper
> prefix, and the addition of Cc-to-stable.
>

Great, Thanks

BR,
Austin Kim

>
> Takashi