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net: pktgen: fix null ptr deref in skb allocation

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Fix possible null pointer dereference that may occur when calling
skb_reserve() on a null skb.

Fixes: 879c7220e8 ("net: pktgen: Observe needed_headroom of the device")
Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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John Fastabend 2016-01-10 21:38:44 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 366f293111
commit 3de03596df
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@ -2787,7 +2787,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *pktgen_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
} else {
skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, size, GFP_NOWAIT);
}
skb_reserve(skb, LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev));
if (likely(skb))
skb_reserve(skb, LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev));
return skb;
}