linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH] soc: qcom: rpmpd: Check for null return of devm

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Date:   Fri,  4 Feb 2022 12:35:20 -0600
From:   Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
To:     agross@...nel.org, Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH] soc: qcom: rpmpd: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc

On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:44:19 +0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> Because of the possible failure of the allocation, data->domains might
> be NULL pointer and will cause the dereference of the NULL pointer
> later.
> Therefore, it might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM
> without releasing data manually if fails, because the comment of the
> devm_kmalloc() says "Memory allocated with this function is
> automatically freed on driver detach.".
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] soc: qcom: rpmpd: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc
      commit: 5a811126d38f9767a20cc271b34db7c8efc5a46c

Best regards,
-- 
Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>