linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] Add yaffs2 file system: Allocation, block handling and bitmapping code

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Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:37:46 -0800
From:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
To:	Ryan Mallon <ryan@...ewatersys.com>
CC:	Charles Manning <cdhmanning@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] Add yaffs2 file system: Allocation, block handling
 and bitmapping code

On 01/19/2011 12:25 PM, Ryan Mallon wrote:
> On 01/14/2011 04:06 PM, Charles Manning wrote:
[...]
>> +	if (!allocator) {
>> +		YBUG();
>> +		return;
>> +	}
>
> You don't need this bug, the dereference of allocator below will oops
> with all the same information as bug.
>

Is that true for nommu systems too?

David Daney
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