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sfc: check for allocation failure

Message ID 20130902082828.GA30037@elgon.mountain
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Dan Carpenter Sept. 2, 2013, 9:04 a.m. UTC
It upsets static analyzers when we don't check for allocation failure.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

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Ben Hutchings Sept. 2, 2013, 5 p.m. UTC | #1
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@oracle.com>

Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.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;
David Miller Sept. 4, 2013, 2:49 a.m. UTC | #2
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 12:04:42 +0300

> It upsets static analyzers when we don't check for allocation failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

This applies cleanly neither to net nor net-next, please send me a
version that does.

Thanks.
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Ben Hutchings Sept. 4, 2013, 2:41 p.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, 2013-09-03 at 22:49 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 12:04:42 +0300
> 
> > It upsets static analyzers when we don't check for allocation failure.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> 
> This applies cleanly neither to net nor net-next, please send me a
> version that does.

Oh yes, I failed to spot the filename.  That function has since been
moved to falcon.c.

Ben.
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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;