Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.0 008/262] swiotlb: add checks for the return value of memblock_alloc*()

Sasha Levin
2019-04-04T00:56:48Z

On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 07:55:20AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 01:57:43PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit a0bf842e89a3842162aa8514b9bf4611c86fee10 ]
>>
>> Add panic() calls if memblock_alloc() returns NULL.
>>
>> The panic() format duplicates the one used by memblock itself and in
>> order to avoid explosion with long parameters list replace open coded
>> allocation size calculations with a local variable.
>
>This patch is a part of a series that removes panic() calls from memblock
>allocators rather than a fix.

I've dropped it, thanks!

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Thanks,
Sasha