[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] net/cxgbe: check return value of malloc

[caihe]

Hi rahul,

There is a bug without check the return value of alloc memory in function t4_wr_mbox_meat_timeout, if we should fix it as below:

diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_hw.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_hw.c
index c089b06..7402a5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_hw.c
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ int t4_wr_mbox_meat_timeout(struct adapter *adap, int mbox,
        struct mbox_entry entry;
        u32 pcie_fw = 0;
 
+       if (!temp) {
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
        if ((size & 15) || size > MBOX_LEN) {
                free(temp);
                return -EINVAL;

Best Regards