>>> Here needs a NULL check as kzalloc may fail returning NULL. I find this wording potentially confusing.
* Such function calls will usually succeed to return a pointer. * The desired memory allocation can fail. * Please choose an imperative wording for the change description. >>> Issue was found by coccinelle. Please omit this line after the addition for the reference to the SmPL script. >>> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/null/kmerr.cocci … >>> Reviewed-by: Oliver O'Halloran <ooh...@gmail.com> I wonder about this tag because of requested changes for the shown patch approach. I recommend to add the tag “Fixes”. >> Thanks for putting up with all the review comments :) This seems to become challenging here. >> But I think this should actually be two patches now. … > Get that, I'll separate them. I wonder why it was not directly tried in this patch version. >>> v3->v4: I suggest to apply a shorter version numbering format (without an arrow). Regards, Markus