linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/10] sysfs: fix kmem_cache

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Message-ID: <20070716154335.GA29449@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:43:35 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/10] sysfs: fix kmem_cache_free(NULL)

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:50:28PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> This patch fixes out of memory error handling in sysfs_new_dirent().
> kmem_cache_free() with NULL is not allowed.

Why not just allow kmem_cache_free() to allow NULL like other functions
in the kernel?

thanks,

greg k-h
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