netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: caif: check return value of alloc

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Date:	Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:31:41 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	linux@...musvillemoes.dk
Cc:	dmitry.tarnyagin@...kless.no, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: caif: check return value of alloc_netdev

From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 2015 13:19:10 +0100

> I don't know if dev can actually be NULL here, but the test should be
> above alloc_netdev(), to avoid leaking the struct net_device in case
> dev is actually NULL. And of course the return value from alloc_netdev
> should be tested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
> ---
> Maybe the existing code was supposed to be "if (!ndev)", and dev
> cannot be NULL, but then -ENODEV is a slightly odd return
> value. Doing both tests seems to be the safe choice.

This is made painfully impossible to figure out because there seems
to be no in-tree code instantiating platform_device objects for
this caif_spi framework, nor are there even in-tree implementations
of the init_xfer et al. required methods.

So your fix is as good as any, applied, thanks.
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