linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] alpha: fix vmalloc breakage

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Message-ID: <20090112113544.GA4609@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:35:44 +0300
From:	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alpha: fix vmalloc breakage

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:04:30AM +0100, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > +		va = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct vmap_area));
> > +		if (!va)
> > +			break;
> 
> You don't need this check, alloc_bootmem() panics when it fails.

Ah, indeed. Thanks.

Ivan.
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