[PATCH v3] staging: mmal-vchiq: add a check for the return of vmalloc()

Dan Carpenter dan.carpenter at oracle.com
Tue Mar 15 10:05:38 PDT 2022


On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 12:39:13AM +0800, xkernel.wang at foxmail.com wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang at foxmail.com>
> 
> vmalloc() is a memory allocation API which can return NULL when some
> internal memory errors happen. So it is better to check the return
> value of it to catch the error in time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang at foxmail.com>
> ---
> ChangeLog:
> v1->v2 jump to the proper location and remove redundant instruction.
> v2->v3 fix the mistake bring by version 2.
>  drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
> index 76d3f03..24cc0fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-vchiq.c
> @@ -1909,6 +1909,10 @@ int vchiq_mmal_init(struct vchiq_mmal_instance **out_instance)
>  	mutex_init(&instance->vchiq_mutex);
>  
>  	instance->bulk_scratch = vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE);
> +	if (!instance->bulk_scratch) {

Just delete ->bulk_scratch.  It is not used anywhere.

regards,
dan carpenter




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