Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965073AbWJJIKx (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:10:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965085AbWJJIKx (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:10:53 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:10411 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965073AbWJJIKw (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:10:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:01:10 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Manu Abraham Cc: Amit Choudhary , v4l-dvb maintainer list , Linux Kernel , stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 2.6.19-rc1] drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c: check kmalloc() return value. Message-ID: <20061010080110.GA20169@kroah.com> References: <20061008231034.e50118df.amit2030@gmail.com> <452A09A1.8040808@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <452A09A1.8040808@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1328 Lines: 37 On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 12:34:41PM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote: > Amit Choudhary wrote: > > Description: Check the return value of kmalloc() in function frontend_init(), in file drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c. > > > > Signed-off-by: Amit Choudhary > > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c > > index fb6c4cc..14e69a7 100644 > > --- a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c > > +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c > > @@ -665,6 +665,10 @@ static void frontend_init(struct dvb_bt8 > > case BTTV_BOARD_TWINHAN_DST: > > /* DST is not a frontend driver !!! */ > > state = (struct dst_state *) kmalloc(sizeof (struct dst_state), GFP_KERNEL); > > + if (!state) { > > + printk("dvb_bt8xx: No memory\n"); > > + break; > > + } > > /* Setup the Card */ > > state->config = &dst_config; > > state->i2c = card->i2c_adapter; > > - > > > Signed-off-by: Manu Abraham Care to send the full patch in a format that we can apply it to the -stable tree? thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/