linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Add check for kcalloc

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:04:15 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     williamsukatube@....com
Cc:     dvorkin@...bo.com, wellslutw@...il.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        William Dean <williamsukatube@...il.com>,
        Hacash Robot <hacashRobot@...tino.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Add check for kcalloc

On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 5:48 PM <williamsukatube@....com> wrote:

> From: William Dean <williamsukatube@...il.com>
>
> As the potential failure of the kcalloc(),
> it should be better to check it in order to
> avoid the dereference of the NULL pointer.
>
> Fixes: aa74c44be19c8 ("pinctrl: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021")
> Reported-by: Hacash Robot <hacashRobot@...tino.com>
> Signed-off-by: William Dean <williamsukatube@...il.com>

Patch applied, tweaked the subject a bit,

Yours,
Linus Walleij