linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:26:11 +0200
From:   Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
To:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>, robdclark@...il.com,
        quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com, sean@...rly.run, airlied@...il.com,
        daniel@...ll.ch, quic_jesszhan@...cinc.com,
        ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com, yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc

On 06/12/2022 09:48, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> As kzalloc may fail and return NULL pointer,
> it should be better to check the return value
> in order to avoid the NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> Fixes: 1cff7440a86e ("drm/msm: Convert to using __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_reset() for reset.")
> Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c | 5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry