Re: [PATCH] cxgb4i : Added pointer check

From: Mike Christie
Date: Tue Nov 15 2022 - 12:30:59 EST


On 11/15/22 3:46 AM, Denis Arefev wrote:
> Return value of a function 'alloc_wr' is dereferenced at cxgb4i.c:624
> without checking for null, but it is usually checked for this function
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Arefev <arefev@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
> index 2c3491528d42..40ed8e27945c 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
> @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static inline int tx_flowc_wr_credits(int *nparamsp, int *flowclenp)
>
> static inline int send_tx_flowc_wr(struct cxgbi_sock *csk)
> {
> - struct sk_buff *skb;
> + struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;

You can drop this part since it's set a little lower when we do the alloc.

> struct fw_flowc_wr *flowc;
> int nparams, flowclen16, flowclen;
>
> @@ -620,6 +620,8 @@ static inline int send_tx_flowc_wr(struct cxgbi_sock *csk)
> #endif
> flowclen16 = tx_flowc_wr_credits(&nparams, &flowclen);
> skb = alloc_wr(flowclen, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (!skb)
> + return -ENOMEM;

Your tabbing got messed up. Maybe you used a space where you wanted a tab.


> flowc = (struct fw_flowc_wr *)skb->head;
> flowc->op_to_nparams =
> htonl(FW_WR_OP_V(FW_FLOWC_WR) | FW_FLOWC_WR_NPARAMS_V(nparams));