Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:08:26 +0100 | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.2-pre3 compile error in 6pack.c |
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On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:59:13PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > 2.4.2-pre3 doesn't compile with 6pack as a module; I had to disable it; > > > now it compiles (and so far, works fine). > > > > It has a slight dependancy on -ac right now. > > > > KMALLOC_MAXSIZE is the alloc size limit - 131072. It checks this as kmalloc > > now panics if called with an oversize request > > Would it be costly/reasonable to have kmalloc -not- panic if given a > too-large size? Principle of Least Surprises says it should return NULL > at the very least.
It's on purpose; to find the erroneous drivers.
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