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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c18
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
index 5281ddda277..da1228a9a54 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
* APEI Error Record Serialization Table debug support
*
* ERST is a way provided by APEI to save and retrieve hardware error
- * infomation to and from a persistent store. This file provide the
+ * information to and from a persistent store. This file provide the
* debugging/testing support for ERST kernel support and firmware
* implementation.
*
@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@ retry:
goto out;
}
if (len > erst_dbg_buf_len) {
- kfree(erst_dbg_buf);
+ void *p;
rc = -ENOMEM;
- erst_dbg_buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!erst_dbg_buf)
+ p = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!p)
goto out;
+ kfree(erst_dbg_buf);
+ erst_dbg_buf = p;
erst_dbg_buf_len = len;
goto retry;
}
@@ -150,11 +152,13 @@ static ssize_t erst_dbg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&erst_dbg_mutex))
return -EINTR;
if (usize > erst_dbg_buf_len) {
- kfree(erst_dbg_buf);
+ void *p;
rc = -ENOMEM;
- erst_dbg_buf = kmalloc(usize, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!erst_dbg_buf)
+ p = kmalloc(usize, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!p)
goto out;
+ kfree(erst_dbg_buf);
+ erst_dbg_buf = p;
erst_dbg_buf_len = usize;
}
rc = copy_from_user(erst_dbg_buf, ubuf, usize);