As all the memblock_alloc*() users are now checking the return value and panic() in case of error, the panic() call can be removed from the core memblock allocator, namely memblock_alloc_try_nid(). Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memblock.c | 15 +++++---------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c index 03b3929..7164275 100644 --- a/mm/memblock.c +++ b/mm/memblock.c @@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ void * __init memblock_alloc_try_nid_nopanic( } /** - * memblock_alloc_try_nid - allocate boot memory block with panicking + * memblock_alloc_try_nid - allocate boot memory block * @size: size of memory block to be allocated in bytes * @align: alignment of the region and block's size * @min_addr: the lower bound of the memory region from where the allocation @@ -1536,9 +1536,8 @@ void * __init memblock_alloc_try_nid_nopanic( * allocate only from memory limited by memblock.current_limit value * @nid: nid of the free area to find, %NUMA_NO_NODE for any node * - * Public panicking version of memblock_alloc_try_nid_nopanic() - * which provides debug information (including caller info), if enabled, - * and panics if the request can not be satisfied. + * Public function, provides additional debug information (including caller + * info), if enabled. This function zeroes the allocated memory. * * Return: * Virtual address of allocated memory block on success, NULL on failure. @@ -1555,14 +1554,10 @@ void * __init memblock_alloc_try_nid( &max_addr, (void *)_RET_IP_); ptr = memblock_alloc_internal(size, align, min_addr, max_addr, nid); - if (ptr) { + if (ptr) memset(ptr, 0, size); - return ptr; - } - panic("%s: Failed to allocate %llu bytes align=0x%llx nid=%d from=%pa max_addr=%pa\n", - __func__, (u64)size, (u64)align, nid, &min_addr, &max_addr); - return NULL; + return ptr; } /** -- 2.7.4