linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/cgroup.c add error check

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Date:	Wed, 7 May 2008 05:19:45 +0900
From:	"KOSAKI Motohiro" <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>, "Li Zefan" <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/cgroup.c add error check

>  > but if GFP_KERNEL is used, We still need error check, IMHO.
>
>  Yes, but no retry (or if you're sure you cannot fail use __GFP_NOFAIL
>  too, but that is nasty because it has some risk of deadlock under severe
>  oom conditions)

in general coding style, you are right.

but not down-to-earth idea in that case.
call_usermodehelper() is just wrapper of fork-exec.

I don't hope change largely exec() code patch.
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