Julia Lawall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Normally, kzalloc returns NULL or a valid pointer value, not a value to be
> tested using IS_ERR.

Ouch :)

> diff -u -p  a/crypto/cryptd.c b/crypto/cryptd.c
> --- a/crypto/cryptd.c   2008-04-16 13:27:56.000000000 +0200
> +++ b/crypto/cryptd.c   2008-04-29 15:29:54.000000000 +0200
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static struct crypto_instance *cryptd_al
>        int err;
> 
>        inst = kzalloc(sizeof(*inst) + sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (IS_ERR(inst))
> +       if (!inst)
>                goto out;

However, this function is expected to return an ERR_PTR so you'll
need set it to ENOMEM first.

Thanks,
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