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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/memcontrol.c: add memory allocation result check
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I think explicit BUG_ON may make the debug easier, since it can point
out the wrong line.

2016-05-30 16:53 GMT+08:00 Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>:
> On Mon 30-05-16 16:45:51, Wenwei Tao wrote:
>> From: Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com>
>>
>> The mem_cgroup_tree_per_node allocation might fail,
>> check that before continue the memcg init. Since it
>> is in the init phase, trigger the panic if that failure
>> happens.
>
> We would blow up in the very same function so what is the point of the
> explicit BUG_ON?
>
>> Signed-off-by: Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> mm/memcontrol.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
>> index 925b431..6385c62 100644
>> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
>> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
>> @@ -5712,6 +5712,7 @@ static int __init mem_cgroup_init(void)
>>
>> rtpn = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*rtpn), GFP_KERNEL,
>> node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE);
>> + BUG_ON(!rtpn);
>>
>> for (zone = 0; zone < MAX_NR_ZONES; zone++) {
>> struct mem_cgroup_tree_per_zone *rtpz;
>> --
>> 1.8.3.1
>>
>>
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> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs

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