On Thu, 30 July 2009 17:36:58 +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 04:10:22PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c > > index 7b5d4de..972e427 100644 > > --- a/mm/slab.c > > +++ b/mm/slab.c > > @@ -1502,6 +1502,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void) > > > > ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_NOWAIT); > > > > + BUG_ON(!ptr); > > BUG_ON(cpu_cache_get(&cache_cache) != &initarray_cache.cache); > > memcpy(ptr, cpu_cache_get(&cache_cache), > > sizeof(struct arraycache_init)); > > This does not change the end result when the allocation fails: you get > a stacktrace and a kernel panic. Leaving it as is saves a line of > code. According to http://lwn.net/Articles/342420/, there may be a subtle difference. Jörn -- "Error protection by error detection and correction." -- from a university class -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
