On 3/30/07, Heiko Carstens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> in file mm/slab.c and routine kmem_cache_init() I found there > is no checking for allocated memory on line: > > /* 4) Replace the bootstrap head arrays */ > { > struct array_cache *ptr; > > ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_KERNEL); > > --> no check for ptr == NULL <-- [...] > is that OK? or it's a bug?It's ok. If that allocation fails your machine won't come up anyway.
We ought to add a BUG_ON or comment at least there as this keeps popping up again and again. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
