linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc2] mm/slab.c: check kmalloc() return value.

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Date:	Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:38:12 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Amit Choudhary" <amit2030@...il.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc2] mm/slab.c: check kmalloc() return value.

On 10/22/06, Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...il.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> index 84c631f..613ae61 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.c
> +++ b/mm/slab.c
> @@ -2021,6 +2021,7 @@ static int setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_c
>         } else {
>                 cachep->array[smp_processor_id()] =
>                         kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_KERNEL);
> +               BUG_ON(!cachep->array[smp_processor_id()]);
>
>                 if (g_cpucache_up == PARTIAL_AC) {
>                         set_up_list3s(cachep, SIZE_L3);

Looks good. You might want to send this to akpm@...l.org directly.
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