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SubjectRe: [QUESTION] check for mem in slab
On 3/30/07, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> > in file mm/slab.c and routine kmem_cache_init() I found there
> > is no checking for allocated memory on line:
> >
> > /* 4) Replace the bootstrap head arrays */
> > {
> > struct array_cache *ptr;
> >
> > ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_KERNEL);
> >
> > --> no check for ptr == NULL <--
> [...]
> > is that OK? or it's a bug?
>
> It's ok. If that allocation fails your machine won't come up anyway.

We ought to add a BUG_ON or comment at least there as this keeps
popping up again and again.
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