On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 06:46 +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 13:32 Sat 16 Jul , Vikram Narayanan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This patch checks for the return value, if there is no memory allocated in the getc_buffer_flush initcall. > > > > Signed-off-by: Vikram Narayanan<vikram186@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > diff --git a/common/console.c b/common/console.c > > index d60e57f..c502638 100644 > > --- a/common/console.c > > +++ b/common/console.c > > @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ > > #include <poller.h> > > #include <linux/list.h> > > #include <linux/stringify.h> > > +#include <errno.h> > > > > LIST_HEAD(console_list); > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_list); > > @@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ static int getc_buffer_flush(void) > > { > > console_input_buffer = kfifo_alloc(1024); > > console_output_buffer = kfifo_alloc(1024); > > + if(!console_input_buffer || !console_output_buffer) > > + return ENOMEM; > return -ENOMEM; > > and a DEBUG_LL message is important here for debug Please see if this is ok. Signed-off-by: Vikram Narayanan <vikram186@xxxxxxxxx> --- common/console.c | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/common/console.c b/common/console.c index d60e57f..3a76320 100644 --- a/common/console.c +++ b/common/console.c @@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ static int getc_buffer_flush(void) { console_input_buffer = kfifo_alloc(1024); console_output_buffer = kfifo_alloc(1024); + if(!console_input_buffer || !console_output_buffer) + { + PUTS_LL("Memory allocation failed in getc_buffer_flush\n"); + return -ENOMEM; + } return 0; } -- 1.7.2.3 _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox