Hi,

> On 3/30/07, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> >> in file mm/slab.c and routine kmem_cache_init() I found there
> >> is no checking for allocated memory on line:
> >>
> >>       /* 4) Replace the bootstrap head arrays */
> >>       {
> >>               struct array_cache *ptr;
> >>
> >>               ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_KERNEL);
> >>
> >> --> no check for ptr == NULL <--
> >[...]
> >> is that OK? or it's a bug?
> >
> >It's ok. If that allocation fails your machine won't come up anyway.
> 
> We ought to add a BUG_ON or comment at least there as this keeps
> popping up again and again.

Done. Patch attached.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes-kernel@saeurebad.de>