From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Check that the result of kmalloc is not NULL before passing it to other functions. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ expression *x; identifier f; constant char *C; @@ x = \(kmalloc\|kcalloc\|kzalloc\)(...); ... when != x == NULL when != x != NULL when != (x || ...) ( kfree(x) | f(...,C,...,x,...) | *f(...,x,...) | *x->f ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c | 2 ++ arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c index e302dae..80953bc 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c @@ -1103,6 +1103,8 @@ marvel_agp_info(void) * Allocate the info structure. */ agp = kmalloc(sizeof(*agp), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!agp) + return NULL; /* * Fill it in. diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c index 319fcb7..d6fd453 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c @@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ titan_agp_info(void) * Allocate the info structure. */ agp = kmalloc(sizeof(*agp), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!agp) + return NULL; /* * Fill it in. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
