# Re: block/ps3vram: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in ps3vram\_cache\_init()

- From: SF Markus Elfring \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-08-07 16:27:42 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2017/08/5061300
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2017/08/5060940/t.md

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>> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> NACK
> 
> When a user asks me for help I would certainly like to get 
> 'Could not allocate cache tags' as apposed to nothing,

Do you find the default allocation failure report insufficient?


> since the return value of ps3vram_cache_init() is not checked.

Are there any more update candidates to consider for better exception handling?

Regards,
Markus
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