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* [PATCH v1] bcache: Check for NULL return of kzalloc()
@ 2022-03-24  9:27 QintaoShen
  2022-04-07 16:59 ` Coly Li
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: QintaoShen @ 2022-03-24  9:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: colyli; +Cc: linux-bcache, kent.overstreet, linux-kernel, QintaoShen

kzalloc() is a memory allocation function which may return a NULL pointer.
Therefore, it is better to check the return value of kzalloc() to avoid potential
NULL-pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: QintaoShen <unSimple1993@163.com>
---
 drivers/md/bcache/request.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index fdd0194..232ffe3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,9 @@ static void detached_dev_do_request(struct bcache_device *d, struct bio *bio,
 	 * which would call closure_get(&dc->disk.cl)
 	 */
 	ddip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct detached_dev_io_private), GFP_NOIO);
+	if (!ddpp)
+		return ;
+
 	ddip->d = d;
 	/* Count on the bcache device */
 	ddip->orig_bdev = orig_bdev;
-- 
2.7.4


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* Re: [PATCH v1] bcache: Check for NULL return of kzalloc()
  2022-03-24  9:27 [PATCH v1] bcache: Check for NULL return of kzalloc() QintaoShen
@ 2022-04-07 16:59 ` Coly Li
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Coly Li @ 2022-04-07 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: QintaoShen; +Cc: linux-bcache, kent.overstreet, linux-kernel

On 3/24/22 5:27 PM, QintaoShen wrote:
> kzalloc() is a memory allocation function which may return a NULL pointer.
> Therefore, it is better to check the return value of kzalloc() to avoid potential
> NULL-pointer dereference.
>
> Signed-off-by: QintaoShen <unSimple1993@163.com>
> ---
>   drivers/md/bcache/request.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
> index fdd0194..232ffe3 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
> @@ -1105,6 +1105,9 @@ static void detached_dev_do_request(struct bcache_device *d, struct bio *bio,
>   	 * which would call closure_get(&dc->disk.cl)
>   	 */
>   	ddip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct detached_dev_io_private), GFP_NOIO);
> +	if (!ddpp)
> +		return ;

This is wrong. If you test your patch, you may experience a system hang 
I guess.


Coly Li


> +
>   	ddip->d = d;
>   	/* Count on the bcache device */
>   	ddip->orig_bdev = orig_bdev;



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