linux-kernel - Re: [EXT] [PATCH] scsi: qedf: potential dereference of null pointer

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jan 2022 09:12:22 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Saurav Kashyap <skashyap@...vell.com>
Cc:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>,
        Javed Hasan <jhasan@...vell.com>,
        GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream <GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...vell.com>,
        "jejb@...ux.ibm.com" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "martin.petersen@...cle.com" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "linux@...linux.org.uk" <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [EXT] [PATCH] scsi: qedf: potential dereference of null pointer

On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 04:58:41 +0000 Saurav Kashyap wrote:
> > QEDF_TERM_BUFF_SIZE,
> >  		&term_params_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!term_params)
> > +		return;  
> 
> <SK> Adding message about failure before returning will help in debugging.

Memory allocations produce a pretty detailed splat.