in __kmem_cache_create->kmem_cache_open with SLAB_PANIC, kernel will panic if it fail On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:41 PM, cgxu519@xxxxxxx <cgxu519@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 在 2018年6月12日,下午12:22,Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx> 写道: >> >> When kmem_cache_create fails, the lack of error-handling code may >> cause unexpected results. >> >> This patch adds error-handling code after calling kmem_cache_create. > > I think SLAB_PANIC can handle this case. > > Thanks, > Chengguang. > >> >> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 2 ++ >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c >> index ef32f36..0704bab 100644 >> --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c >> +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c >> @@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ static int __init inotify_user_setup(void) >> BUG_ON(hweight32(ALL_INOTIFY_BITS) != 21); >> >> inotify_inode_mark_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(inotify_inode_mark, SLAB_PANIC); >> + if (!inotify_inode_mark_cachep) >> + return -ENOMEM; >> >> inotify_max_queued_events = 16384; >> init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_INOTIFY_INSTANCES] = 128; >> -- >> 2.7.4 >> > -- Best regards Kassey