linux-kernel - [PATCH] Catch kmalloc() failure in kmem_cache

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Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:18:13 +0200
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes-kernel@...urebad.de>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, christoph@...eter.com,
	penberg@...helsinki.fi
Subject: [PATCH] Catch kmalloc() failure in kmem_cache_init()

Hi,

This patch makes kmem_cache_init() trigger a BUG when the calls to
kmalloc() fail. Altough the kernel would not boot anyway on failure,
this adds some clarity to the code.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes-kernel@...urebad.de>


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