[PATCH] mtd: rawnand: meson: check return value of devm_kasprintf()

yiyang (D) yiyang13 at huawei.com
Wed Oct 18 18:23:17 PDT 2023


On 2023/10/18 20:19, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Yi,
> 
> yiyang13 at huawei.com wrote on Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:20:47 +0000:
> 
>> The devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory.
>> that will return NULL when allocate failed.
> 
> May I propose rewording of the commit log?
> "
> devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
> which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by
> checking the pointer validity.
> "
> 
Thanks for your advice, I'll make changes in v2 patch.

>> Fix it by check return value of devm_kasprintf().
>>
>> Fixes: 1e4d3ba66888 ("mtd: rawnand: meson: fix the clock")
>> Signed-off-by: Yi Yang <yiyang13 at huawei.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/mtd/nand/raw/meson_nand.c | 5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/meson_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/meson_nand.c
>> index 378f28ce6a74..2c6ae781bb0c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/meson_nand.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/meson_nand.c
>> @@ -1134,6 +1134,11 @@ static int meson_nfc_clk_init(struct meson_nfc *nfc)
>>   	init.name = devm_kasprintf(nfc->dev,
>>   				   GFP_KERNEL, "%s#div",
>>   				   dev_name(nfc->dev));
>> +	if (init.name) {
>> +		dev_err(nfc->dev, "failed to allocate init.name\n");
> 
> No need for error messages upon memory allocation failures.
> 
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	init.ops = &clk_divider_ops;
>>   	nfc_divider_parent_data[0].fw_name = "device";
>>   	init.parent_data = nfc_divider_parent_data;
> 
> These comments are also applicable to your two other patches.
> 
> Thanks,
> Miquèl
> .
> 

Thanks,
Yi yang




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