possible NULL pointer usage

Hi,

from the function fs/udf/inode.c:udf_fill_inode -

	...

	UDF_I_DATA(inode) = kmalloc(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - sizeof(struct extendedFileEntry), GFP_KERNEL);
	memcpy(UDF_I_DATA(inode), bh->b_data + sizeof(struct extendedFileEntry), inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - sizeof(struct extendedFileEntry));

	...

so that can lead to NULL pointer usage. udf_fill_inode()
declared as 'void' and the question I have is: what is the
best solution to deal with a situation if kmalloc failed?
May be just mark the node as bad by calling make_bad_inode()
and return from the function?


		Cyrill

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