Re: + cifs-check-for-granted-memory.patch added to -mm tree

["Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 17/08/07, akpm@linux-foundation.org <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> The patch titled
>      CIFS: check for granted memory
> has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
>      cifs-check-for-granted-memory.patch
>
> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
>
> See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
> out what to do about this
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: CIFS: check for granted memory
> From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
>
> Add a check for granted memory to prevent possible NULL pointer usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
> Cc: Steven French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
>
>  fs/cifs/sess.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff -puN fs/cifs/sess.c~cifs-check-for-granted-memory fs/cifs/sess.c
> --- a/fs/cifs/sess.c~cifs-check-for-granted-memory
> +++ a/fs/cifs/sess.c
> @@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ CIFS_SessSetup(unsigned int xid, struct
>
>         /* 2000 big enough to fit max user, domain, NOS name etc. */
>         str_area = kmalloc(2000, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (str_area == NULL) {
> +               cifs_small_buf_release(smb_buf);
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +       }

The patch, as such, is fine - not arguing against it, but as a matter
of style; don't we usually prefer the "if (!foo)" form over "if (foo
== NULL)" ??

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Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
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