linux-kernel - Re: [take17 1/4] kevent: Core files.

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Date:	Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:05:16 -0700
From:	shaw@...nix.com
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>,
	Johann Borck <johann.borck@...sedata.com>
Subject: Re: [take17 1/4] kevent: Core files.

> +static int __devinit kevent_user_init(void)
> +{
> +	int err = 0;
> +
> +	kevent_cache = kmem_cache_create("kevent_cache",
> +			sizeof(struct kevent), 0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
> +
> +	err = misc_register(&kevent_miscdev);
> +	if (err) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to register kevent miscdev: err=%d.\n", err);
> +		goto err_out_exit;
> +	}
> +
> +	printk("KEVENT subsystem has been successfully registered.\n");
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_out_exit:
> +	kmem_cache_destroy(kevent_cache);
> +	return err;
> +}

It's probably best to treat kmem_cache_create like a black box and check for 
it returning null.

Thanks,
Shaw
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