Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Add 'malloc' failure check in config_name

From: Muhammad Usama Anjum
Date: Tue Apr 23 2024 - 04:50:13 EST


On 4/23/24 12:37 PM, Kunwu Chan wrote:
> There is a 'malloc' call in config_name function, which can
> be unsuccessful. This patch will add the malloc failure checking
> to avoid possible null dereference and give more information
> about test fail reasons.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao@xxxxxxxxxx>
LGTM

Reviewed-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/get-reg-list.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/get-reg-list.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/get-reg-list.c
> index 91f05f78e824..22398696ffd6 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/get-reg-list.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/get-reg-list.c
> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static const char *config_name(struct vcpu_reg_list *c)
> len += strlen(s->name) + 1;
>
> c->name = malloc(len);
> + TEST_ASSERT(c->name, "-ENOMEM when allocating config name");
>
> len = 0;
> for_each_sublist(c, s) {

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BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum