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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan at linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [Powertop] [RFC/PATCH] devices: Use new(std::nothrow) for
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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:36:05 -0700
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On 10/18/2012 8:32 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> When allocation fails, just skip the device and proceed if possible.
> This is also for consistency with others.

hmm...
if we're that low on memory something is so seriously wrong, exiting is the=
 right answer really.

I'm getting strong advice from other userspace coders that checking allocat=
ions like this is actually
pointless...
based on that, I'd say we need to go for better code readability, not more =
complexity for no actual gain.



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