Re: [PATCH] X86: intel_ips, check for kzalloc properly

From: Jesse Barnes
Date: Mon Jun 21 2010 - 11:27:28 EST


On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:02:11 +0200
Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stanse found that there are two NULL checks missing in ips_monitor. So
> check their value too and bail out appropriately if the allocation
> failed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> index cdaf40e..3c7ea9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> @@ -931,7 +931,8 @@ static int ips_monitor(void *data)
> mch_samples = kzalloc(sizeof(u16) * IPS_SAMPLE_COUNT, GFP_KERNEL);
> cpu_samples = kzalloc(sizeof(u32) * IPS_SAMPLE_COUNT, GFP_KERNEL);
> mchp_samples = kzalloc(sizeof(u32) * IPS_SAMPLE_COUNT, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!mcp_samples || !ctv1_samples || !ctv2_samples || !mch_samples) {
> + if (!mcp_samples || !ctv1_samples || !ctv2_samples || !mch_samples ||
> + !cpu_samples || !mchp_samples) {
> dev_err(&ips->dev->dev,
> "failed to allocate sample array, ips disabled\n");
> kfree(mcp_samples);

Ah cool, am I also missing the appropriate kfree() calls for the last
two? The context doesn't have it. Otherwise,

Acked-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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