linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Check for null pointer after calling kmemdup in icm_handle

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jan 2022 11:21:57 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Cc:     mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com, andreas.noever@...il.com,
        michael.jamet@...el.com, YehezkelShB@...il.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Check for null pointer after calling
 kmemdup in icm_handle_event

On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 04:26:34PM +0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> As the possible failure of the allocation, kmemdup() may return NULL
> pointer.
> Like alloc_switch(), it might be better to check it.
> Therefore, icm_handle_event() should also check the return value of
> kmemdup().
> If fails, just free 'n' and directly return is enough, same as the way
> to handle the failure of kmalloc().

I can not understand this changelog text at all, sorry.  Please read the
documentation for how to write a good changelog text.

And most importantly, how did you test this change?

thanks,

greg k-h