linux-kernel - [PATCH] drm/msm/disp: check the return value of kzalloc()

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Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:15:08 +0800
From:   xkernel.wang@...mail.com
To:     robdclark@...il.com, sean@...rly.run, airlied@...ux.ie,
        daniel@...ll.ch
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] drm/msm/disp: check the return value of kzalloc()

From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>

kzalloc() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
some internal memory errors happen. So it is better to check it to
prevent potential wrong memory access.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c
index cabe151..369e57f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ void msm_disp_snapshot_add_block(struct msm_disp_state *disp_state, u32 len,
 	va_list va;
 
 	new_blk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct msm_disp_state_block), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_blk)
+		return;
 
 	va_start(va, fmt);
 
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