Re: alpha: Checking for a failed kmalloc() in process_reloc_for_got()?

[SF Markus Elfring]

>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c?id=e05f574a0bb1f4502a4b2264fdb0ef6419cf3772#n40
>>
>> Would it be useful to check the return value from a call of the
>> function âkmallocâ also there?
> 
> *drumroll* it'd actually be a proper bugfix.

Which kind of exception handling can be added here when the function
âprocess_reloc_for_gotâ has got the return type âvoidâ so far?

Will it be needed to handle such a software failure at more source code places
by a special error code?

Regards,
Markus
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