From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@toblux.com>
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, sshegde@linux.ibm.com,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM, sched/topology: Check return value of kcalloc()
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:55:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zn8xae/b6lNaWcKq@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240628194350.542376-2-thorsten.blum@toblux.com>
On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 09:43:51PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Check the return value of kcalloc() and return early if memory
> allocation fails.
If we fail this allocation even with your fix, how likely is it that the
system will boot and manage to run userspace?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-06-28 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-28 19:43 [PATCH] ARM, sched/topology: Check return value of kcalloc() Thorsten Blum
2024-06-28 21:55 ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2024-06-29 4:09 ` Thorsten Blum
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