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.
--
Dmitry
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