linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/19] remoteproc: core: Add explicit message error if cached table failed

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Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2016 08:09:53 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...com>
Cc:     bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, ohad@...ery.com,
        linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...inux.com, Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...adoo.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/19] remoteproc: core: Add explicit message error if
 cached table failed

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016, Loic Pallardy wrote:

> In rproc_fw_boot, add error message if kmemdump failed
> as done for other errors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...adoo.fr>
> ---
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index 96bc8c644..3282a4e 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -1139,8 +1139,10 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
>  	 * cached_table will be copied into device memory.
>  	 */
>  	rproc->cached_table = kmemdup(table, tablesz, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!rproc->cached_table)
> +	if (!rproc->cached_table) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "Failed to create cached table\n");

This is an OOM error message, which are not allowed upstream.

I believe if kmemdup() fails, the OOM handler will inform the user.

>  		goto clean_up;
> +	}
>  
>  	rproc->table_ptr = rproc->cached_table;
>  

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Lee Jones
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