linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpuset : Handling improper memory allocation.

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Date:	Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:37:00 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>
Cc:	rakib.mullick@...il.com, menage@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuset : Handling improper memory allocation.

Max wrote:
> partition_sched_domains() can deal with attrs==NULL case. So we do not
> have to abort domain building.

This might be a good place for a comment, since unchecked kmalloc()
calls look dangerous:

	/* Convert <csn, csa> to <ndoms, doms> */
	doms = kmalloc(ndoms * sizeof(cpumask_t), GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!doms)
		goto rebuild;
	dattr = kmalloc(ndoms * sizeof(struct sched_domain_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
	/* dattr == NULL is ok; partition_sched_domains() can cope with it. */

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