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Date:   Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:05:22 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] staging: wfx: check the return value of
 devm_kmalloc()
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On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 10:04:02PM +0800, xkernel.wang@foxmail.com wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
> 
> devm_kmalloc() returns a pointer to allocated memory on success, NULL
> on failure. While there is a memory allocation of devm_kmalloc()
> without proper check. It is better to check the return value of it to
> prevent wrong memory access.
> And I use the err label which is introduced by the previous patch to
> handle the error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
> ---
> Changelog
> v1->v2 update the description.
>  drivers/staging/wfx/main.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c
> index 9ff69c5..85fcdc3 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c
> @@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ struct wfx_dev *wfx_init_common(struct device *dev,
>  	hw->wiphy->n_iface_combinations = ARRAY_SIZE(wfx_iface_combinations);
>  	hw->wiphy->iface_combinations = wfx_iface_combinations;
>  	hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ] = devm_kmalloc(dev, sizeof(wfx_band_2ghz), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ])
> +		goto err;
> +
>  	// FIXME: also copy wfx_rates and wfx_2ghz_chantable
>  	memcpy(hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ], &wfx_band_2ghz,
>  	       sizeof(wfx_band_2ghz));
> -- 

This patch does not apply to my tree at all.  Please rebase and resend.

thanks,

greg k-h