[PATCH RESEND] pinctrl: check devm_kasprintf() returned value
Christophe JAILLET
christophe.jaillet at wanadoo.fr
Thu Sep 12 22:26:12 PDT 2024
Le 12/09/2024 à 04:08, Ma Ke a écrit :
> devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned
> value is not checked. Fix this lack and check the returned value.
>
> Found by code review.
>
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: a0f160ffcb83 ("pinctrl: add pinctrl/GPIO driver for Apple SoCs")
> Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24 at iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
> index 3751c7de37aa..f861e63f4115 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-apple-gpio.c
> @@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ static int apple_gpio_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> for (i = 0; i < npins; i++) {
> pins[i].number = i;
> pins[i].name = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "PIN%u", i);
> + if (!pins[i].name)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> pins[i].drv_data = pctl;
> pin_names[i] = pins[i].name;
> pin_nums[i] = i;
Hi,
this is not really an issue. if pin[i].name is NULL, then
pinctrl_generic_add_group() below will fail with -EINVAL.
So your change only returns a more correct error code and saves a few
cycles in case of (unlikely) memory allocation issue.
Anyway:
Reviewed-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet at wanadoo.fr>
CJ
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