From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: xkernel.wang@foxmail.com
Cc: andrew@lunn.ch, gregory.clement@bootlin.com,
sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: check the validation of memory allocation
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:19:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YmwB83u68uPKuU0a@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tencent_1D9E7394538085872BE9FD6780483137E70A@qq.com>
On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 04:55:18PM +0800, xkernel.wang@foxmail.com wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
>
> kzalloc() and kstrdup() are memory allocation functions which can return
> NULL when some internal memory errors happen. So it is better to check
> the return value of them to prevent potential wrong memory access or
> memory leak.
Are these failures silent, or will they be reported in the kernel log to
make their failure obvious to those who debug the kernel?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-29 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-25 8:55 [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: check the validation of memory allocation xkernel.wang
2022-04-29 15:19 ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2022-05-01 7:01 ` xkernel.wang
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