On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 12:34:06PM -0500, Kangjie Lu wrote:
> In case create_singlethread_workqueue fails, the fix notifies
> callers the error to avoid potential NULL pointer dereferences.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> removed "unlikely"
> ---
> drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
> index 934584f0a20a..6d5b532b03f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
> @@ -3203,6 +3203,8 @@ static int __init u132_hcd_init(void)
> return -ENODEV;
> printk(KERN_INFO "driver %s\n", hcd_name);
> workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("u132");
> + if (!workqueue)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> retval = platform_driver_register(&u132_platform_driver);
> return retval;
if platform_driver_register() fails, shouldn't you clean up the
workqueue? That can be a separate patch, that's not your fault here :)
thanks,
greg k-h
