On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 09:45:31AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > The crypto_alloc_comp() function never returns NULL, it returns error > pointers on error. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com>
I replied to an identical patch yesterday, actually: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202012011215.B9BF24A6D@keescook/ Using IS_ERR_OR_NULL() is more robust, and this isn't fast path, so I'd prefer to keep it that way. -Kees > --- > fs/pstore/platform.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c > index 36714df37d5d..b7a2a2a31dee 100644 > --- a/fs/pstore/platform.c > +++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c > @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static void allocate_buf_for_compression(void) > } > > ctx = crypto_alloc_comp(zbackend->name, 0, 0); > - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ctx)) { > + if (IS_ERR(ctx)) { > kfree(buf); > pr_err("crypto_alloc_comp('%s') failed: %ld\n", zbackend->name, > PTR_ERR(ctx)); > -- > 2.29.2 > -- Kees Cook
