ChangeSet 1.946.3.20, 2002/12/27 10:38:45-08:00, pablo@menichini.com.ar

[PATCH] Handle kmalloc fails: drivers/usb/input/pid.c

This patch tries to check the return value of kmalloc taking the necesary
action to solve the problem.


diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/input/pid.c b/drivers/usb/input/pid.c
--- a/drivers/usb/input/pid.c	Fri Dec 27 23:56:45 2002
+++ b/drivers/usb/input/pid.c	Fri Dec 27 23:56:45 2002
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@
 
 	/* Find field */
 	field = (struct hid_field *) kmalloc(sizeof(struct hid_field), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if(!field) {
+		printk("Couldn't allocate field\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	ret = hid_set_field(field, ret, pid->effects[id].device_id);
 	if(!ret) {
 		printk("Couldn't set field\n");