netdev - [PATCH] amd-xgbe: Check for successful buffer allocation before use

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Date:	Mon, 5 Oct 2015 10:51:03 -0500
From:	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH] amd-xgbe: Check for successful buffer allocation before use

The kasprintf function can return NULL if the allocation fails. Check for
successful allocation before attempting to use the returned buffer.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
index 66137ff..96f485a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ void xgbe_debugfs_init(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
 	pdata->debugfs_xpcs_reg = 0;
 
 	buf = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "amd-xgbe-%s", pdata->netdev->name);
+	if (!buf)
+		return;
+
 	pdata->xgbe_debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(buf, NULL);
 	if (!pdata->xgbe_debugfs) {
 		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_create_dir failed\n");

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