When kmem_cache_create fails, the lack of error-handling code may cause unexpected results. This patch adds error-handling code after calling kmem_cache_create. Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c index 63a1ca4..216b411 100644 --- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c +++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c @@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ static int __init dnotify_init(void) dnotify_struct_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_struct, SLAB_PANIC); dnotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_mark, SLAB_PANIC); + if (!dnotify_struct_cache || !dnotify_mark_cache) + return -ENOMEM; + dnotify_group = fsnotify_alloc_group(&dnotify_fsnotify_ops); if (IS_ERR(dnotify_group)) panic("unable to allocate fsnotify group for dnotify\n"); -- 2.7.4