Re: [PATCH] dyn_array: using %pF instead ofprint_fn_descriptor_symbol

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Sep 06 2008 - 13:18:27 EST



* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > * Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> > ptr = __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(total_size, max_align, 0);
> >> > if (!ptr)
> >> > panic("Can not alloc dyn_alloc\n");
> >>
> >> Why duplicate the panic()? Just call __alloc_bootmem().
> >
> > agreed.
> >
> >> > #ifdef CONFIF_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
> >>
> >> That doesn't appear to have been very well tested?
> >
> > on non-genirq systems? Most likely. If then most testing they get is
> > from cross-build tools. Few if any actual users.
> >
> >> The code has a few coding-style glitches which checkpatch can detect.
> >
> > yeah. Yinghai, could you please fix them?
>
> already in tip/master and -mm
> except first one.

that needs fixing too i think. We dont really want to sprinkle the code
with various specific panics.

Ingo
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