Re: vhost/scsi: Delete error messages for failed memory allocations in five functions

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Mon May 22 2017 - 07:34:48 EST


>> Do you find information from a Linux allocation failure report sufficient
>> for any function implementations here?
>
> If kmalloc() and friends guarantee to print a warning and backtrace on
> every allocation failure, then there's no need for error messages in
> callers.
>
> That seems like good justification that can go in the commit
> description, but I'm not sure if kmalloc() and friends guarantee to show
> a message (not just the first time, but for every failed allocation)?

I am also looking for a more complete and easier accessible documentation
for this aspect of the desired exception handling.
How would we like to resolve any remaining open issues there?

Regards,
Markus