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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:58:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
To:     Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@gmail.com>
cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
        <usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: storage: add error handling for kcalloc
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2018, Zhouyang Jia wrote:

> When kcalloc fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
> 
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling kcalloc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@gmail.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> - Remove pr_warn statement.
> ---
>  drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
> index 900591d..4e17609 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
> @@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ static int alauda_init_media(struct us_data *us)
>  		+ MEDIA_INFO(us).blockshift + MEDIA_INFO(us).pageshift);
>  	MEDIA_INFO(us).pba_to_lba = kcalloc(num_zones, sizeof(u16*), GFP_NOIO);
>  	MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba = kcalloc(num_zones, sizeof(u16*), GFP_NOIO);
> +	if ((MEDIA_INFO(us).pba_to_lba == NULL)
> +		|| (MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba == NULL))
> +		return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ERROR;
>  
>  	if (alauda_reset_media(us) != USB_STOR_XFER_GOOD)
>  		return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ERROR;
> 

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>