Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:13:23 +0100 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc6] sparc: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc |
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Yan Burman wrote: > Stefan Richter wrote: >> ...in this ^, the old code and your update don't check for NULL return. > > Both of this parts are done at early stages, so it is probably: > a) Impossible to recover from failure > b) If you run out of memory at this stage, you are probably in very big > trouble anyway > > I could modify it to check and panic if the check fails. > Would that be better?
I hope the domain experts answer this. (I have no recommendation but wanted to point out a potential, although unlikely, cause for trouble.) -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- =-== ==--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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