netdev - Re: [patch] sfc: check for allocation failure

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Date:	Mon, 2 Sep 2013 18:00:54 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] sfc: check for allocation failure

On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 12:04 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> It upsets static analyzers when we don't check for allocation failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Thanks Dan.

Ben.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mtd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mtd.c
> index ba6c87a..aac6897 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mtd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mtd.c
> @@ -384,6 +384,8 @@ static int falcon_mtd_probe(struct efx_nic *efx)
>  
>  	/* Allocate space for maximum number of partitions */
>  	parts = kcalloc(2, sizeof(*parts), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!parts)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
>  	n_parts = 0;
>  
>  	spi = &nic_data->spi_flash;

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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