>>> If you see 8 out of 9 call sites in this file ignore the return value. >> >> How do you think about to fix error detection and corresponding >> exception handling then? >> > If I understand your question correctly - not having memory is not a > correctable error I am unsure if it would be feasible to retry memory allocations for this software module under other circumstances. > and hence there are consequences. Could one consequence be to let the error code “-ENOMEM” move through the function call hierarchy? 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
