Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:10:39 +0100 (WEST) | From | ULISES ALONSO CAMARO <> | Subject | Re: Cosmetic bugs? |
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Hi Steve!
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Steve Dodd wrote:
> 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, ^ ^ ^ ^
What does this mean?
> 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.
yes, that's the reason I say "it's a cosmetic bug", but I think It should be fixed, there is no good reason not to add that few lines of code
don't you think so?
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