linux-kernel - malloc() failure counter

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Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:02:55 +0100
From:	James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@...il.com>
To:	LKML Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: malloc() failure counter

Hi,

If I have a user application that tries a malloc() or a calloc() call,
and this call fails, is there any way to report this to a global stats
counter, like the ones in /proc/meminfo
Is there any way to find out that a malloc call made by a user program failed?

Kind Regards

James
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