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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:57:57 +0000
Subject: Re: MIPS: Alchemy: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in alchemy_pci_probe()
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To: Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@gmail.com>, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>, =?UTF-8?Q?Ralf_B=c3=a4chle?= <ralf@linux-mips.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org

>> * Why do you seem to insist on another message if information from a Linux
>>   allocation failure report would be sufficient already also for this
>>   software module?
>>
>> * Do you want that it can become easier to map a position in a backtrace
>>   to a place in your source code?
> 
> Does kmalloc() nowadays print a message which invocation (source line) failed?
> If so I won't be standing in your way, but if not, you need to come up with
> something for convincing than answering questions with more questions.

I suggest also to improve the corresponding documentation for the affected
programming interfaces in significant ways.
How are the chances for the desired clarification of relevant implementation details?

Regards,
Markus