Re: [PATCH 2.6.19] drivers/media/video/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c: Free previously allocated memory (in array elements) if kmalloc() returns NULL.

Hello,

> --- a/drivers/media/video/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c
> @@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ static int submit_urbs(struct camera_dat
>  		cam->sbuf[i].data =
>  		    kmalloc(FRAMES_PER_DESC * FRAME_SIZE_PER_DESC, GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!cam->sbuf[i].data) {
> +			for (--i; i >= 0; i--) {
> +				kfree(cam->sbuf[i].data);
> +				cam->sbuf[i].data = NULL;
> +			}
>  			return -ENOMEM;
>  		}
>  	}

Just for future. Shorter and more readable version of your for(...) thing:

	while (i--) {
		...
	}

-- 
Regards,

	Mariusz Kozlowski
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