From: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c: cg_read_strcmp: fix null pointer dereference Haven't reproduced this issue. This PR is does a minor code cleanup. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200726013808.22242-1-gaurav1086@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Koutn <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx> Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c~cg_read_strcmp-fix-null-pointer-dereference +++ a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int cg_read_strcmp(const char *cgroup, c /* Handle the case of comparing against empty string */ if (!expected) - size = 32; + return -1; else size = strlen(expected) + 1; _