[PATCH v2] staging: gdm724x: add error handling for nlmsg_put

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When nlmsg_put fails, the lack of error-handling code may
cause unexpected results.

This patch adds error-handling code after calling nlmsg_put.

Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v1->v2:
- Add some cleanup
---
 drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
index abe2425..16da03b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ int netlink_send(struct sock *sock, int group, u16 type, void *msg, int len)
 	seq++;
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, 0, seq, type, len, 0);
+	if (!nlh) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
+
 	memcpy(NLMSG_DATA(nlh), msg, len);
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).portid = 0;
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 0;
-- 
2.7.4

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