netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] net: mdio-mux: Don't ignore memory allocation errors

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Date:   Sat, 7 Aug 2021 17:46:46 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Cc:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] net: mdio-mux: Don't ignore memory allocation
 errors

On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 02:43:31PM -0700, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> If we are seeing memory allocation errors, don't try to continue
> registering child mdiobus devices. It's unlikely they'll succeed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew