From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> kstrdup() is also a memory allocation-related function, it return NULL when some memory errors happen. So it is better to check the return value of it so to catch the memory error in time. Besides, there should have a kfree() to clear up the allocation if we get a failure later in this function to prevent memory leak. Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changelog: 1. Clean up some error labels(error_ret & error_kzalloc), directly make them reflect what they are clearing up and return. 2. Clear up indio_dev->name on error path. I put that under label `error_free_device`, as kfree(NULL) is safe. Or I may need to add an another label as the traget of `goto`. Note: Suggestions are from Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c b/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c index c0b7ef9..430c12a 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c +++ b/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static struct iio_sw_device *iio_dummy_probe(const char *name) swd = kzalloc(sizeof(*swd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!swd) { ret = -ENOMEM; - goto error_kzalloc; + return ERR_PTR(ret); } /* * Allocate an IIO device. @@ -589,8 +589,9 @@ static struct iio_sw_device *iio_dummy_probe(const char *name) */ indio_dev = iio_device_alloc(parent, sizeof(*st)); if (!indio_dev) { + kfree(swd); ret = -ENOMEM; - goto error_ret; + return ERR_PTR(ret); } st = iio_priv(indio_dev); @@ -616,6 +617,10 @@ static struct iio_sw_device *iio_dummy_probe(const char *name) * indio_dev->name = spi_get_device_id(spi)->name; */ indio_dev->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!indio_dev->name) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto error_free_device; + } /* Provide description of available channels */ indio_dev->channels = iio_dummy_channels; @@ -650,10 +655,9 @@ static struct iio_sw_device *iio_dummy_probe(const char *name) error_unregister_events: iio_simple_dummy_events_unregister(indio_dev); error_free_device: + kfree(indio_dev->name); iio_device_free(indio_dev); -error_ret: kfree(swd); -error_kzalloc: return ERR_PTR(ret); } --