> While the allocator does print an error when allocations fail, > it may not be immediately apparent to the user what the > *consequences* are. In this case, the consequence is that the > device properties will not be available for consumption by > drivers and they may fail to probe or behave in entirely > unexpected ways. Would it make sense to indicate such a questionable software situation be any return code? > Hence I deliberately printed an error message here so that the user > can make the connection between erratic behavior of drivers later on > and the memory allocation error here. Do you find this terse message really sufficient? Can the mentioned properties be required for the desired system configuration? 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
