Re: [PATCH] slab: Adds two missing kmalloc() checks.

On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 18:38 +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 13:31 -0200, Luiz Fernando Capitulino wrote:
> >  Adds two missing kmalloc() checks in kmem_cache_init(). The check is worth
> > because if kmalloc() fails we'll have a nice message instead of a OOPS (which
> > will make us look for a bug).
> > 
> >  We're using BUG_ON() so that embedded people can disable it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <[email protected]>
> 
> Looks good to me. Arjan, you had some objections last time around. Are
> you okay with the change?

I still fail to see the point. Has anyone EVER seen these trigger????


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