From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:44:03 +0100 Return directly after a call of the function "kmalloc" failed here. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c index 37d08b95c3f0..cf839adf3aa7 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c @@ -802,11 +802,9 @@ static ssize_t dev_nvram_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, count = min_t(size_t, count, size - *ppos); count = min(count, PAGE_SIZE); - - ret = -ENOMEM; tmp = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL); if (!tmp) - goto out; + return -ENOMEM; ret = -EFAULT; if (copy_from_user(tmp, buf, count)) -- 2.11.0 -- 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
