Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Sep 1999 00:23:30 +0100 | From | Steve Dodd <> | Subject | Re: Cosmetic bugs? |
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On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 06:43:36PM +0100, ULISES ALONSO CAMARO wrote:
> kmem_cache_create is called by there is no check in what they return, that > is, they do not panic() if they can't create cache entry, wich seems to me > wrong
AFAICS, there's no way to recover in that situation, so not much point in checking the return code. Anything that tries to access the cache ptr will oops cleanly and give a backtrace. Hopefully it should be an "almost never happens" situation anyway.
-- When in doubt, use brute force. -- Ken Thompson
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