linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: check the return value of kmemdup()

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Message-ID: <tencent_D34525AAFF71905A66815C118E0E8A96F007@qq.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:27:28 +0800
From:   "Xiaoke Wang" <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
To:     "Greg KH" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "linux-usb" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "andreas.noever" <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        "michael.jamet" <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        "mika.westerberg" 
        <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        "YehezkelShB" <YehezkelShB@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: check the return value of kmemdup()

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 02:10 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> kmemdup() return NULL when some internal memory errors happen, it is
> better to check the return value of it. Otherwise, some memory errors
> will not be catched in time and may further result in wrong memory> access.
> 
> Signed-off-by: xkernel <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
>
> Please use your "full" name, I doubt you sign documents as "xkernel". :)
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

I am very sorry about that, my full name is "Xiaoke Wang".