Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCHv1 5/7] TAP: Extending tap device create/destroy APIs | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:15:59 -0800 |
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On Fri, 2017-01-06 at 14:33 -0800, Sainath Grandhi wrote:
> +static int tap_list_add(dev_t major, const char *device_name) > +{ > + int err = 0; > + struct major_info *tap_major; > + > + tap_major = kzalloc(sizeof(*tap_major), GFP_ATOMIC); > + > + tap_major->major = MAJOR(major); > +
kzalloc() can perfectly return NULL.
You do not want to crash it that happens.
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