On 10/29/07, Hohndel, Dirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Oct 29, 2007, at 8:33 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>
> > On 10/29/07, Dirk Hohndel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Actually, the more I look at the code that bails when it runs out
> >> of memory,
> >> the more I wonder about that.
> >>
> >> hidinput = kzalloc(sizeof(*hidinput), GFP_KERNEL);
> >> input_dev = input_allocate_device();
> >> if (!hidinput || !input_dev) {
> >> kfree(hidinput);
> >> input_free_device(input_dev);
> >>
> >> This either passes a NULL pointer to kfree or to
> >> input_free_device. That's
> >> not nice.
> >>
> >
> > No, that's allright. input_free_device() takes after kfree() so that
> > it safe to call it with NULL pointer.
>
> Ahh - should have checked that.
>
> Will the rest of the patch work with the call to hidinput_disconnect?
Yes, I think it will.
--
Dmitry
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