linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/vt.c: check kmalloc() return value.

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Message-ID: <20070309121959.11bd566c@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:19:59 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/vt.c: check kmalloc() return value.

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 23:27:13 -0800
Amit Choudhary <amit2030@...il.com> wrote:

> Description: Check the return value of kmalloc() in function con_init(), in file drivers/char/vt.c.

NAK; This occurs at boot and if it fails we are wasting our time
recovering.

Alan
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