Re: [patch] mempool-2.5.1-D2

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Mon Dec 17 2001 - 19:46:27 EST

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Hi!

> - mempool_alloc(), if called from a process context, never fails. This
> simplifies lowlevel IO code (which often must not fail) visibly.

Really? I do not see how you can guarantee this on machine with finite
ammount of memory.
Pavel

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