On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 10:08:01AM +0800, xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> kzalloc() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
> some internal memory errors happen. So it is better to check it to
> prevent potential wrong memory access.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/iommu/msm_iommu.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/msm_iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/msm_iommu.c
> index 3a38352..697ad63 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/msm_iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/msm_iommu.c
> @@ -597,6 +597,10 @@ static void insert_iommu_master(struct device *dev,
>
> if (list_empty(&(*iommu)->ctx_list)) {
> master = kzalloc(sizeof(*master), GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (!master) {
> + dev_err(dev, "Failed to allocate iommu_master\n");
> + return;
> + }
This is not enough, if the error happens it also need to be propagated
to the caller.
Regards,
Joerg
