From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261306AbTDNMjP (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:39:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261352AbTDNMjP (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:39:15 -0400 Received: from web10403.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.130.95]:10939 "HELO web10403.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261306AbTDNMjP (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:39:15 -0400 Message-ID: <20030414125104.53791.qmail@web10403.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 05:51:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "D.J. Barrow" Reply-To: dj_barrow@ariasoft.ie Subject: re mm/bootmem.c on 2.5.66 kernel suggestion To: Kernel Mailing List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Unless I am missing something. I think the panics in mm/bootmem.c e.g. __alloc_bootmem should be removed on a failed allocation of boot memory, it is not IMO a memory allocators responsibility to panic in a low memory situation. ===== D.J. Barrow Linux kernel developer eMail: dj_barrow@ariasoft.ie Home: +353-22-47196. Work IBM +49-7031-16-2943 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com