netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: hsr: check for return value of skb_put

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Date:   Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:02:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     m-karicheri2@...com
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: hsr: check for return value of skb_put_padto()

From: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:43:27 -0400

> skb_put_padto() can fail. So check for return type and return NULL
> for skb. Caller checks for skb and acts correctly if it is NULL.
> 
> Fixes: 6d6148bc78d2 ("net: hsr: fix incorrect lsdu size in the tag of HSR frames for small frames")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>

Applied, thank you.