The patch titled
alpha: handle kcalloc failure
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
alpha-handle-kcalloc-failure.patch
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Subject: alpha: handle kcalloc failure
From: Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
arch/alpha/kernel/module.c (module_frob_arch_sections): Handle kcalloc failure.
Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Richard Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/module.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff -puN arch/alpha/kernel/module.c~alpha-handle-kcalloc-failure
arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c~alpha-handle-kcalloc-failure
+++ a/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ module_frob_arch_sections(Elf64_Ehdr *hd
nsyms = symtab->sh_size / sizeof(Elf64_Sym);
chains = kcalloc(nsyms, sizeof(struct got_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!chains) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR
+ "module %s: no memory for symbol chain buffer\n",
+ me->name);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
got->sh_size = 0;
got->sh_addralign = 8;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
usbaudio-handle-kcalloc-failure.patch
9p-handle-kstrdup-and-match_strdup-failure.patch
alpha-handle-kcalloc-failure.patch
affs-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
hfs-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
hfsplus-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc.patch
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