On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 03:33:49PM +0800, Greg KH wrote: >> Thanks, I have tested the patch by kernel_patch_verify, > > What is that? It a Linux kernel patch static verification helper tool. Link: https://github.com/nmenon/kernel_patch_verify >> and all the tests are passed. > > What tests exactly? How did you fail this allocation? The failure of allocation is not included in the tests. And as far as I know, there is not any tool that has the ability to fail the allocation. But I think that for safety, the cost of redundant and harmless check is acceptable. Also, checking after allocation is a good program pattern. Thanks, Jiang
