Re: [PATCH] drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c : add detection of null pointers

[Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@chromium.org>]

On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 2:17 PM Dong Chuanjian <chuanjian@nfschina.com> wrote:
>
> Continue the program when the pointer assignment is successful.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dong Chuanjian <chuanjian@nfschina.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c
> index 72bd64f65198..1163cd48ff33 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-h264.c
> @@ -343,18 +343,19 @@ static const char *format_ref_list_b(const struct v4l2_h264_reflist_builder *bui
>         int n = 0, i;
>
>         *out_str = kmalloc(tmp_str_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> -
> -       n += snprintf(*out_str + n, tmp_str_size - n, "|");
> -
> -       for (i = 0; i < builder->num_valid; i++) {
> -               int frame_num = builder->refs[reflist[i].index].frame_num;
> -               u32 poc = v4l2_h264_get_poc(builder, reflist + i);
> -               bool longterm = builder->refs[reflist[i].index].longterm;
> -
> -               n += scnprintf(*out_str + n, tmp_str_size - n, "%i%c%c|",
> -                              longterm ? frame_num : poc,
> -                              longterm ? 'l' : 's',
> -                              ref_type_to_char(reflist[i].fields));
> +       if (*out_str != NULL) {

I would suggest returning early if it's NULL. The change would be cleaner
as you wouldn't need to reindent the whole code block.

ChenYu

> +               n += snprintf(*out_str + n, tmp_str_size - n, "|");
> +
> +               for (i = 0; i < builder->num_valid; i++) {
> +                       int frame_num = builder->refs[reflist[i].index].frame_num;
> +                       u32 poc = v4l2_h264_get_poc(builder, reflist + i);
> +                       bool longterm = builder->refs[reflist[i].index].longterm;
> +
> +                       n += scnprintf(*out_str + n, tmp_str_size - n, "%i%c%c|",
> +                                      longterm ? frame_num : poc,
> +                                      longterm ? 'l' : 's',
> +                                      ref_type_to_char(reflist[i].fields));
> +               }
>         }
>
>         return *out_str;
> --
> 2.18.2
>