Re: [PATCH]tty:vt: Add NULL check to return value of kzalloc()

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:26:05AM +0800, Wang YanQing wrote:
> In extreme situation kzalloc in con_init may
> return NULL, so we should check it to prevent
> OOPS!
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang YanQing <udknight@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: rucsoftsec@xxxxxxxxx

I need a name for Reported-by: as well, not just an email.

> ---
>  I don't think a system without memory to initialize
>  vt could do some useful things, but this patch could
>  make debug easier and improve kernel code's robustness 
>  in theory.

Please always run your patches through the scripts/checkpatch.pl tool
and fix the problems found there so that maintainers don't have to point
out the same thing...

greg k-h
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