netdev - Re: [patch 6/6] ipv6 - route6/fib6 : dont panic a kmem_cache

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Message-Id: <20071207.004526.03229492.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:45:26 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dlezcano@...ibm.com
Cc:	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, pekkas@...core.fi, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	benjamin.thery@...l.net
Subject: Re: [patch 6/6] ipv6 - route6/fib6 : dont panic a kmem_cache_create

From: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:53:35 +0100

> If the kmem_cache_creation fails, the kernel will panic. It is acceptable
> if the system is booting, but if the ipv6 protocol is compiled as a module
> and it is loaded after the system has booted, do we want to panic instead
> of just failing to initialize the protocol ?
> 
> The init function is now returning an error and this one is checked for
> protocol initialization. So the ipv6 protocol will safely fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@...l.net>

Also applied.
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