Hi,
On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 13:12 -0200, Luiz Fernando Capitulino wrote:
> | > Adds two missing kmalloc() checks in kmem_cache_init(). Note that if the
> | > allocation fails, there is nothing to do, so we panic();
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:24:47 +0100
Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> wrote:
> | ok so what good does this do? if you die this early.. you are in deeper
> | problems, and can't boot. while this makes the code bigger...
On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 13:30 -0200, Luiz Fernando Capitulino wrote:
> Well, you'll get a panic with a message saying you have no memory to
> boot, instead of a OOPS with a kernel NULL pointer derefecence, which
> will make you look for a bug.
The code is in init section so I don't think size is an issue. A plain
BUG_ON would be better though as it can be disabled by the embedded
folk.
Pekka
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