I think explicit BUG_ON may make the debug easier, since it can point out the wrong line. 2016-05-30 16:53 GMT+08:00 Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon 30-05-16 16:45:51, Wenwei Tao wrote: >> From: Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> The mem_cgroup_tree_per_node allocation might fail, >> check that before continue the memcg init. Since it >> is in the init phase, trigger the panic if that failure >> happens. > > We would blow up in the very same function so what is the point of the > explicit BUG_ON? > >> Signed-off-by: Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> mm/memcontrol.c | 1 + >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >> >> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c >> index 925b431..6385c62 100644 >> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c >> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c >> @@ -5712,6 +5712,7 @@ static int __init mem_cgroup_init(void) >> >> rtpn = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*rtpn), GFP_KERNEL, >> node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE); >> + BUG_ON(!rtpn); >> >> for (zone = 0; zone < MAX_NR_ZONES; zone++) { >> struct mem_cgroup_tree_per_zone *rtpz; >> -- >> 1.8.3.1 >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in >> the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, >> see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . >> Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a> > > -- > Michal Hocko > SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>