linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA: lola: add a check for the return of vmalloc()

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Message-ID: <s5hr17irtgc.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
Date:   Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:51:47 +0100
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:     xkernel.wang@...mail.com
Cc:     perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: lola: add a check for the return of vmalloc()

On Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:38:20 +0100,
xkernel.wang@...mail.com wrote:
> 
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
> 
> vmalloc() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
> some internal memory errors happen. So it is better to check the return
> of it to catch the error in time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>

Thanks, applied.


Takashi