Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix memory leak of init_vdso_vars()

[wzt wzt]

maybe, we can just panic() when kmalloc failed instead of add a new GFP_PANIC.

new patch will coming soon.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When you run out of memory at early system boot (this is early
> system boot only) the system is toast anyways. There's no way
> to recover.
>
> I would just add a few GFP_PANICs and then drop the error paths.
>
> -Andi
>
>
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