Re: [PATCH v2] cpuset sched_load_balance flag

From: Paul Jackson
Date: Wed Oct 10 2007 - 23:10:28 EST


> > + doms = kmalloc(sizeof(cpumask_t), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + *doms = top_cpuset.cpus_allowed;
>
> We generally only excuse failure to check kmalloc return value when the
> code is called on the bootup path. But this code is called at other times.
>
> >
> > ...
> > + doms_cur = kmalloc(sizeof(cpumask_t), GFP_KERNEL);

Ah - good catch - thanks, Andrew. I should put together a fix,
to check these kmalloc calls.

For rebuild_sched_domains(), this can mean we just up and return having
done nothing.

For arch_init_sched_domains(), the code calling arch_init_sched_domains()
is not checking for failure, and doesn't have a trivial fallback code
path in the case of failure. I'll have to think about that one just a
little.

Thanks, Andrew!

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