linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix possible NULL Pointer Dereference in 'asoc_qcom_lpass_cpu_platform

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Message-ID: <75ec53cc-ffd7-484a-8c98-d02fdc6aa847@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:16:37 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc: Zichen Xie <zichenxie0106@...il.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	linux-sound@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Rohit kumar <quic_rohkumar@...cinc.com>,
	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zijie Zhao <zzjas98@...il.com>,
	Chenyuan Yang <chenyuan0y@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix possible NULL Pointer Dereference in
 'asoc_qcom_lpass_cpu_platform_probe'

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 06:33:49PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:

> How do you think about a wording variant like the following?

>   The result from a call of the function “devm_kzalloc” was passed to
>   a subsequent function call without checking for a null pointer before
>   (according to a memory allocation failure).
>   Thus return directly after a failed devm_kzalloc() call.

Feel free to ignore Markus, he has a long history of sending
unhelpful review comments and continues to ignore repeated requests
to stop.

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