Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: vhost/scsi: Delete error messages for failed memory allocations in five functions | From | SF Markus Elfring <> | Date | Mon, 22 May 2017 13:34:34 +0200 |
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>> Do you find information from a Linux allocation failure report sufficient >> for any function implementations here? > > If kmalloc() and friends guarantee to print a warning and backtrace on > every allocation failure, then there's no need for error messages in > callers. > > That seems like good justification that can go in the commit > description, but I'm not sure if kmalloc() and friends guarantee to show > a message (not just the first time, but for every failed allocation)?
I am also looking for a more complete and easier accessible documentation for this aspect of the desired exception handling. How would we like to resolve any remaining open issues there?
Regards, Markus
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