2022-02-22 12:07:33

by Christian König

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: check the return value of kstrdup()



Am 22.02.22 um 12:30 schrieb [email protected]:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <[email protected]>
>
> kstrdup() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
> some internaly memory errors happen. It is better to check the return
> value of it to prevent further wrong memory access.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Christian König <[email protected]>

> ---
> drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c b/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> index c60b694..2c29e2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ static bool apply_subtest_filter(const char *caller, const char *name)
> bool result = true;
>
> filter = kstrdup(__st_filter, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!filter)
> + return false;
> +
> for (sep = filter; (tok = strsep(&sep, ","));) {
> bool allow = true;
> char *sl;