lock_kernel();
if (!st) {
st = kmalloc(sizeof(struct usb_device_status), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!st) {
- unlock_kernel();
- return POLLIN;
- }
/* we may have dropped BKL - need to check for having lost the race */
if (file->private_data) {
st = file->private_data;
goto lost_race;
}
+ /* we haven't lost - check for allocation failure now */
+ if (!st) {
+ unlock_kernel();
+ return POLLIN;
+ }
/*
* need to prevent the module from being unloaded, since