linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/avr32: Fix build failure for avr32 caused by typo

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Message-Id: <200912281134.36763.PeterHuewe@gmx.de>
Date:	Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:34:36 +0100
From:	Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de>
To:	Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
Cc:	"Hans-Christian Egtvedt" <hans-christian.egtvedt@...el.com>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Ma <pma@...iamatech.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/avr32: Fix build failure for avr32 caused by typo

Am Montag 28 Dezember 2009 11:20:28 schrieb Haavard Skinnemoen:
> Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de> wrote:
> > Great, thanks for the update.
> > The only thing that still catches my eye is that the kzalloc line can
> > fail, so you should perhaps add something like
> > if (!slave) {
> > 	printk(KERN_ERR "No memory left for at32ap700x: at32_add_device_mc");
> > 	goto fail;
> > }
> 
> I agree, except that this is extremely unlikely to happen, so we should
> either drop the printk() or use pr_debug() in order to waste as little
> memory as possible in production systems.
ok.

> 
> I think your first patch is good as it is, so I will apply it. Please
> send any additional fixes as a separate patch.

Okay thanks for applying.

@Hans: can you create the cleanup patch or should I ?

Regards,
Peter
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