linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] mm/memblock.c: check return value of memblock_reserve() in memblock_virt_alloc

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Message-ID: <20161221145249.GL31118@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:52:50 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
Cc:     trivial@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] mm/memblock.c: check return value of
 memblock_reserve() in memblock_virt_alloc_internal()

On Wed 21-12-16 14:39:56, Wei Yang wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 02:22:01PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
> >Anyway this all should be part of the changelog.
> 
> Ok, let me add this in changelog in next version.

Then make sure to document how it could happen and how realistic such a
scenario is.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs