Re: [PATCH 2/3] lkdtm/perms: Check possible NULL pointer returned by kmalloc(),vmalloc()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jul 27 2022 - 17:00:11 EST


On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 01:43:41PM +0800, tury wrote:
> 在 2022年07月25日 20:37, Greg KH 写道:
> > A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
> > Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
> > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> > A: Top-posting.
> > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> >
> > A: No.
> > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
> >
> > http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 05:54:15PM +0800, tury wrote:
> > > When there is insufficient memory, the allocation will fail.
> > And have you ever seen that happen here? The issue is for small
> > allocations, they never will fail.
> >
> > > the return value is void,so i think it is ok .
> > Why?
> Because the function lkdtm_EXEC_KMALLOC() declaration is void,and The
> return value is not checked elsewhere.
> Should I add some warning messages?

Memory allocation failures will already be reported by the allocator, so
there is normally no need for an additional message.

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Kees Cook