Re: 2.6.29-rc1 does not boot

H. Peter Anvin
2009-01-12T01:02:18Z

Mike Travis wrote:
>
> About the return 0, it was the default return for another error case.
> Should the function panic because it can't read a cpu reg? That seems
> wrong too.
>

The only other error case I see is when the value simply is zero by
definition. This is a memory allocation failure, which is quite a bit
different -- the former is that the query *can't* be answered, the
latter that the query *won't* be answered...

-hpa

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