Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/adreno: Add a null pointer check in zap_shader_load_mdt()

[Markus Elfring]

> kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
> which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
> by checking the pointer validity.
…
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
> @@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ static int zap_shader_load_mdt(struct msm_gpu *gpu, const char *fwname,
>  		char *newname;
>
>  		newname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "qcom/%s", fwname);
> +		if (!newname) {
> +			ret = -ENOMEM;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
…

How do you think about to avoid the repetition of the pointer check
for the variable “mem_region”?
Can the usage of other labels become more appropriate?

Regards,
Markus