Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc2] net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c: check kmalloc() return value.

["Pekka Enberg" <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>]

On 10/23/06, Amit Choudhary <amit2030@gmail.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c b/net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c
> index 92b0482..45bfd20 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c
> @@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ static void wrandom_set_nhinfo(__be32 ne
>                 target_route = (struct multipath_route *)
>                         kmalloc(size_rt, GFP_ATOMIC);
>
> +               if (!target_route) {
> +                       spin_unlock_bh(&state[state_idx].lock);
> +                       return;
> +               }
> +
>                 target_route->gw = nh->nh_gw;
>                 target_route->oif = nh->nh_oif;
>                 memset(&target_route->rcu, 0, sizeof(struct rcu_head));
> @@ -263,6 +268,11 @@ static void wrandom_set_nhinfo(__be32 ne
>                 target_dest = (struct multipath_dest*)
>                         kmalloc(size_dst, GFP_ATOMIC);
>
> +               if (!target_dest) {
> +                       spin_unlock_bh(&state[state_idx].lock);
> +                       return;
> +               }
> +

You probably want to use goto here so you don't need to duplicate
spin_unlock_bh(). Otherwise looks good. Send this to akpm and cc
netdev@vger.kernel.org.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/