On 02/07/2013 09:19 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-02-07 at 13:13 -0700, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> Dynamically allocate the probe response template which
>> avoids potential stack corruption. Observed with smatch:
>
> trivial:
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
> []
>> @@ -7408,9 +7408,16 @@ brcms_c_bss_update_probe_resp(struct brcms_c_info *wlc,
> []
>> + prb_resp = kmalloc(BCN_TMPL_LEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
>> + if (!prb_resp) {
>> + wiphy_err(wlc->wiphy, "wl: %s: failed to alloc %u bytes\n",
>> + __func__, BCN_TMPL_LEN);
>
> Please remove the error message.
> alloc's don't need specific OOM messages.
>
> The mm subsystem already provides a standardized
> message with a dump_stack().
You beat me to the finish line :-)
Gr. AvS
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