Re: [PATCH] memblock: Fix big size with find_region()

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 10/06/2010 03:45 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> whomeidunno.  The question is "is this something we want to know
> about".  If it's a BIOS/acpi/whatever error then I'd think "yes",
> because that would then lead to useful kernel workarounds or BIOS
> updates?

I don't think it's inherently that... it could be in some cases, but not
in others.  In either case, an allocation failure should be handled in
the calling layer... or we have a much more serious problem.

However, I suspect the most common case where we'll hit this is when
something wants to fit inside a chunk where it simply doesn't fit ...
and it'll either move on to the next plausible chunk or fail at that point.

	-hpa
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