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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:04:34 +0400
From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
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Subject: [QUESTION] check for mem in slab
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Hi list,

in file mm/slab.c and routine kmem_cache_init() I found there
is no checking for allocated memory on line:

	/* 4) Replace the bootstrap head arrays */
	{
		struct array_cache *ptr;

		ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_KERNEL);

--> no check for ptr == NULL <--

		local_irq_disable();
		BUG_ON(cpu_cache_get(&cache_cache) != &initarray_cache.cache);
		memcpy(ptr, cpu_cache_get(&cache_cache),
		       sizeof(struct arraycache_init));

		...

is that OK? or it's a bug?

		Cyrill