Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Oct 2017 22:06:11 +0200 (CEST) | From | Julia Lawall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/platforms/cell: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in three functions |
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On Thu, 5 Oct 2017, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> Hello, > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 21:36:26 +0200 > SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> > > Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 21:04:30 +0200 > > > > Omit extra messages for a memory allocation failure in these > > functions. > > this is bogus. All these functions return -1 on any error. Until they > reflect the error in their return value (and it is properly propagated > to the user) there is no way to tell WTF failed without the message.
A backtrace will be generated.
julia
> > > > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > > > ... which provides only a hint which should be evaluated by the user. > > Thanks > > Michal > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >
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