arch/alpha/kernel: Add kmalloc NULL tests
authorJulia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:38:19 +0000 (15:38 -0500)
committerMatt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:38:19 +0000 (15:38 -0500)
Check that the result of kmalloc is not NULL before passing it to other
functions.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@@
expression *x;
identifier f;
constant char *C;
@@

x = \(kmalloc\|kcalloc\|kzalloc\)(...);
... when != x == NULL
    when != x != NULL
    when != (x || ...)
(
kfree(x)
f(...,C,...,x,...)
|
*f(...,x,...)
|
*x->f
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c
arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c

index 8e059e58b0acd6eba4aace468da92dd0090e5008..53dd2f1a53aabd25f188053e2e78fb9510d45d75 100644 (file)
@@ -1103,6 +1103,8 @@ marvel_agp_info(void)
         * Allocate the info structure.
         */
        agp = kmalloc(sizeof(*agp), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!agp)
+               return NULL;
 
        /*
         * Fill it in.
index 76686497b1e210992fcf0ee51fd86ed800e5dd14..219bf271c0ba2e5f2d668af707df57fbbd00ccfd 100644 (file)
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ titan_agp_info(void)
         * Allocate the info structure.
         */
        agp = kmalloc(sizeof(*agp), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!agp)
+               return NULL;
 
        /*
         * Fill it in.