> Am 22.08.2011 21:02, schrieb Bing Zhao: > > Hi Julia, > > > > Thanks for the patch. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Julia Lawall [mailto:julia@xxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 7:16 AM > >> To: Pierre Louis Aublin > >> Cc: Bing Zhao; kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; John W. Linville; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > >> netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [PATCH 4/4] drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c: test the just-initialized value > >> > >> From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > >> > >> Test the just-initialized value rather than some other one. > >> > >> The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: > >> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > >> > >> // <smpl> > >> @r@ > >> identifier x,y,f!={PTR_ERR,ERR_PTR,ERR_CAST}; > >> statement S; > >> @@ > >> > >> x = f(...); > >> ( > >> if (\(x == NULL\|IS_ERR(x)\)) S > >> | > >> *if (\(y == NULL\|IS_ERR(y)\)) > >> { ... when != x > >> return ...; } > >> ) > >> // </smpl> > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > > > Acked-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Thanks, > > Bing > > > >> > >> --- > >> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c | 4 ++-- > >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c > >> index b28241c..37ca2f9 100644 > >> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c > >> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c > >> @@ -1480,8 +1480,8 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, > >> return -ENOMEM; > >> } > >> beacon_ie = kzalloc(ie_len, GFP_KERNEL); > >> - if (!bss_desc) { > >> - dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc bss_desc\n"); > >> + if (!beacon_ie) { > >> + dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc beacon_ie\n"); > >> return -ENOMEM; > >> } > >> memcpy(beacon_ie, ie_buf, ie_len); > > -- > > > this looks like a case for kmemdup() Hi Walter, You are right. I believe there are some more cases where kmemdup can be used. Hi John, Please apply Julia's patch as I will send a separate patch later to address Walter's comment. Thanks. > > just my 2 cents, Thanks a lot for your 2 cents. Bing > > re, > wh > -- 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
