Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86: Check return values from early_ioremap calls

[Ross Philipson]

On 11/10/22 13:07, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 03:45:21PM +0000, Ross Philipson wrote:
> > On allocation failures, panic() was used since this seemed
> > to be the action taken on other failures in the modules
> > touched by this patch.
>
> How is the panic() more useful than the obvious NULL deref that also
> splats?

My answer here is basically the same as the answer in the reply to Dave 
Hansen I sent a moment ago. I think one of the primary motivation was to 
make things consistent.

Thanks
Ross