linux-kernel - Re: omapfb/dss: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in three functions

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWqrTw80_t8Jr_ejzcLevXdxr-gnYgOQhk1-Mhn+v=A=w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:56:12 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     Ladislav Michl <ladis@...ux-mips.org>,
        "linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>,
        Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: omapfb/dss: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in three functions

Hi Markus,

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 7:12 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>>> Can a default allocation failure report provide the information
>>> which you might expect so far?
>>
>> You should be able to answer that question yourself.
>
> I can not answer this detail completely myself because my knowledge
> is incomplete about your concrete expectations for the exception handling
> which can lead to different views for the need of additional error messages.

It may be a good idea to try to trigger an out-of-memory condition yourself,
and see what happens?

>> And if you are unable to do so, just do not sent changes pointed
>> by any code analysis tools.
>
> They can point aspects out for further software development considerations,
> can't they?

Sure. But I think it is a good experience to witness what can happen if you
"violate" these "coding standards written by other people", and learn to
understand why they were written, increasing your own knowledge.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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