linux-kernel - Re: block/ps3vram: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ps3vram_cache

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Date:   Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:13:12 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: block/ps3vram: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ps3vram_cache_init()

SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> writes:

>>>> I didn't consider one would be triggered by the kzalloc failure.
>>>
>>> Do you reconsider any special system settings for further
>>> software evolution then?
>> 
>> Sorry, I don't quite understand your question.
>
> Do you try to configure the Linux error reporting to any special needs?
>
>
>> I think your original patch is OK,
>
> How does this feedback fit to the initial response “Not Applicable”?
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/798575/

That comes from me, and means "I can't apply this patch", because it's
not a powerpc patch.

Looking at the maintainers output though maybe that is meant to go via
the powerpc tree.

cheers