linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [REVISED] net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c: check kmalloc() return value.

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Message-ID: <84144f020703120536l3967dc76o6a130edc79762350@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:36:46 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Jarek Poplawski" <jarkao2@...pl>
Cc:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, amit2030@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [REVISED] net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c: check kmalloc() return value.

On 3/12/07, Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl> wrote:
> So, maybe it's less evil to check those NULLs where possible and add
> some WARN_ONs here and there...

No, it's much better to oops rather than paper over a bug.
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