Re: [PATCH] check for allocation failure in ioat_dma_self_test

[Andrew Cooks]

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 04:39:16PM +0800, Andrew Cooks wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
>> index 1879a59..1f706c4 100644
>> --- a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
>> +++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
>> @@ -832,7 +832,18 @@ int ioat_dma_self_test(struct ioatdma_device *device)
>>       }
>>
>>       dma_src = dma_map_single(dev, src, IOAT_TEST_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
>> +     err = dma_mapping_error(dev, dma_src);
>> +     if (err) {
>> +             dev_err(dev, "dma mapping failed: -%d\n", err);
>> +             goto free_resources;
>> +     }
>
> NAK.  Please take the time to check what the functions you're using return
> rather than assuming what they return.

I see. The same mistake occurs in a few other drivers. I'll rework and
resend this and if all goes well I'll clean up the others.
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