linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86: Check return values from early

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Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:31:45 -0500
From:   Ross Philipson <ross.philipson@...cle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        dpsmith@...rtussolutions.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com, luto@...capital.net,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, kanth.ghatraju@...cle.com,
        trenchboot-devel@...glegroups.com, jailhouse-dev@...glegroups.com,
        jan.kiszka@...mens.com, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        jgross@...e.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        andrew.cooper3@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86: Check return values from early_ioremap calls

On 11/10/22 13:07, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 03:45:21PM +0000, Ross Philipson wrote:
>> On allocation failures, panic() was used since this seemed
>> to be the action taken on other failures in the modules
>> touched by this patch.
> 
> How is the panic() more useful than the obvious NULL deref that also
> splats?
> 

My answer here is basically the same as the answer in the reply to Dave 
Hansen I sent a moment ago. I think one of the primary motivation was to 
make things consistent.

Thanks
Ross