Re: [PATCH 1/5] arch/arm: Correct NULL test

["Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>]

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:26:54PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Test the just-allocated value for NULL rather than some other value.
> 
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> ....
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> ---
>  arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -u -p a/arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c
> --- a/arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/plat-pxa/dma.c
> @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static void pxa_dma_init_debugfs(void)
>  
>  	dbgfs_chan = kmalloc(sizeof(*dbgfs_state) * num_dma_channels,
>  			     GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!dbgfs_state)
> +	if (!dbgfs_chan)
>  		goto err_alloc;
Shouldn't the malloc line read:

	... = kmalloc(sizeof(*dbgfs_chan) * ...)
	                      ^^^^^^^^^^

?

Best regards
Uwe

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