On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 01:07:28PM -0400, Sanidhya Kashyap wrote: > index 86d6214..08bf1f1 100644 > --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c > +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c > @@ -1217,8 +1217,15 @@ int nfs4_update_server(struct nfs_server *server, const char *hostname, > goto out; > } > > - if (server->nfs_client->cl_hostname == NULL) > + if (server->nfs_client->cl_hostname == NULL) { > server->nfs_client->cl_hostname = kstrdup(hostname, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!server->nfs_client->cl_hostname) { > + error = -ENOMEM; > + dprintk("<-- %s(): not enough memory %d\n", > + __func__, error); > + goto out; > + } > + } > nfs_server_insert_lists(server); The function alays ensures to call nfs_server_insert_lists on each exit path, and you add one that doesn't. > > error = nfs_probe_destination(server); > diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c > index 627f37c..2d8b408 100644 > --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c > +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c > @@ -4974,6 +4974,9 @@ nfs4_init_nonuniform_client_string(struct nfs_client *clp, > RPC_DISPLAY_PROTO)); > rcu_read_unlock(); > clp->cl_owner_id = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!clp->cl_owner_id) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > return result; > } > > @@ -4998,6 +5001,9 @@ nfs4_init_uniform_client_string(struct nfs_client *clp, > clp->rpc_ops->version, clp->cl_minorversion, > nodename); > clp->cl_owner_id = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!clp->cl_owner_id) > + return -ENOMEM; > + Both these use a scnprintf + kstrdup pattern thast should be replaced by kasprintf. But I still don't understand why both function get away with just returning the caller supplied buf in one case, but need a dynamic allocation in the other case. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html