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

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704021320100.29898@sbz-30.cs.Helsinki.FI>
Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:23:19 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes-kernel@...urebad.de>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	christoph@...eter.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Catch kmalloc() failure in kmem_cache_init()

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> 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.

Indeed. This keeps popping up again and again, so

Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
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