Add NULL test on call to kzalloc. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression x; identifier fld; @@ * x = kzalloc(...); ... when != x == NULL x->fld // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/s390/char/con3215.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c b/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c index 0fc3fe5..7d82bbc 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c +++ b/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c @@ -922,6 +922,8 @@ static int __init con3215_init(void) spin_lock_init(&raw3215_freelist_lock); for (i = 0; i < NR_3215_REQ; i++) { req = kzalloc(sizeof(struct raw3215_req), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA); + if (!req) + return -ENOMEM; req->next = raw3215_freelist; raw3215_freelist = req; } -- 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