[PATCH] ARM: mvebu: check the validation of memory allocation

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 04:55:18PM +0800, xkernel.wang at foxmail.com wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang at foxmail.com>
> 
> kzalloc() and kstrdup() are memory allocation functions which can return
> NULL when some internal memory errors happen. So it is better to check
> the return value of them to prevent potential wrong memory access or
> memory leak.

Are these failures silent, or will they be reported in the kernel log to
make their failure obvious to those who debug the kernel?

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