Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:28:40 -0400 | From | Prarit Bhargava <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/3] acpi: dock driver |
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I'm not sure if my previous reply made it out to the list and everyone else. I'm in the process of switching email addresses :(. Sorry if this is a repeat Kristen, et al.... My apologies if this is the case ...
>+static struct dock_dependent_device * alloc_dock_dependent_device(acpi_handle handle) >+{ >+ struct dock_dependent_device *dd; >+ >+ dd = kzalloc(sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL); >+ if (dd) { >+ dd->handle = handle; >+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dd->list); >+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dd->hotplug_list); >+ } >+ return dd; >+} >+ > > > What do you do if this returns NULL (ie, kzalloc did not succeed)? Then you blindly use the pointer elsewhere in the code?
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