Check the return value of kzalloc & return error if it fails. Signed-off-by: Gujulan Elango Hari Prasath <hgujulan@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c index 935e297..2c729be 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c @@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ static int dgnc_found_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id) * context, and there are no locks held. */ brd->flipbuf = kzalloc(MYFLIPLEN, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!brd->flipbuf) + return -ENOMEM; wake_up_interruptible(&brd->state_wait); -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel