The patch titled Subject: binfmt_flat: delete two error messages for a failed memory allocation in decompress_exec() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is binfmt_flat-delete-two-error-messages-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-decompress_exec.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/binfmt_flat-delete-two-error-messages-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-decompress_exec.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/binfmt_flat-delete-two-error-messages-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-decompress_exec.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: binfmt_flat: delete two error messages for a failed memory allocation in decompress_exec() Omit extra messages for a memory allocation failure in this function. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f92aac79-b05e-321a-1a19-d38c7159ee9c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_flat.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/binfmt_flat.c~binfmt_flat-delete-two-error-messages-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-decompress_exec fs/binfmt_flat.c --- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c~binfmt_flat-delete-two-error-messages-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-decompress_exec +++ a/fs/binfmt_flat.c @@ -192,13 +192,11 @@ static int decompress_exec( memset(&strm, 0, sizeof(strm)); strm.workspace = kmalloc(zlib_inflate_workspacesize(), GFP_KERNEL); - if (strm.workspace == NULL) { - pr_debug("no memory for decompress workspace\n"); + if (!strm.workspace) return -ENOMEM; - } + buf = kmalloc(LBUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL); - if (buf == NULL) { - pr_debug("no memory for read buffer\n"); + if (!buf) { retval = -ENOMEM; goto out_free; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are binfmt_flat-delete-two-error-messages-for-a-failed-memory-allocation-in-decompress_exec.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html