>>> Many people do not know that a generic kmalloc does a >>> dump_stack() on OOM. >> >> This is another interesting information, isn't it? >> >> It is expected that the function “devm_kzalloc” has got a similar property. > > > You don't have to expect this. Go look at the definition of devm_kzalloc > and see whether it has the property or not. I find that the corresponding documentation of these programming interfaces is incomplete for a desired format which could be different than C source code. https://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.15-rc1/source/include/linux/device.h#L657 https://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.15-rc1/source/drivers/base/devres.c#L763 https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/basics.html#c.devm_kmalloc Can the Coccinelle software help more to determine desired function properties? >> For which hardware and software combinations would you like to see >> facts there? > > This is not for Joe to decide, This view is fine in principle. > it's for the person who receives the patch to decide. I am curious on further comments from these contributors. > You could start with the ones for which the code actually compiles, > using the standard make file and no special options, and a > recent version of gcc. The variation space could become too big to handle for me (alone). How will this aspect evolve further? Regards, Markus -- 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
