[PATCH] [SCSI] megaraid: add check for NULL pointer

This patch adds a check for NULL return from kmalloc.

Signed-off-by: Youssef Hmamouche <[email protected]>


--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c   2005-08-03 21:12:43.000000000 -0700
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c   2005-08-03 21:14:37.000000000 -0700
@@ -4456,6 +4456,10 @@
        memset(scmd, 0, sizeof(Scsi_Cmnd));

        sdev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scsi_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if(sdev == NULL) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "megaraid: out of RAM.\n");
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
        memset(sdev, 0, sizeof(struct scsi_device));
        scmd->device = sdev;

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