linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: add check for kzalloc

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Date:   Wed, 18 May 2022 11:13:35 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, straube.linux@...il.com,
        fmdefrancesco@...il.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: add check for kzalloc

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 03:59:57PM +0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> As kzalloc() may return null pointer, it should be better to
> check the return value and return error if fails in order
> to avoid dereference of null pointer.
> Moreover, the return value of rtw_alloc_hwxmits() should also
> be dealt with.
> 
> Fixes: 15865124feed ("staging: r8188eu: introduce new core dir for RTL8188eu driver")
> Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>

Looks good!

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter