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Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:10:43 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     xkernel <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: check the return value of kmemdup()
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 12:51:33AM +0800, xkernel wrote:
> kmemdup() return NULL when some internal memory errors happen, it is
> better to check the return value of it. Otherwise, some memory errors
> will not be catched in time and may further result in wrong memory
> access.
> 
> Signed-off-by: xkernel <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>

Please use your "full" name, I doubt you sign documents as "xkernel". :)

thanks,

greg k-h