From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
Subject: Re: wd.c patch to reduce kernel stack usage
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:17:17 +0900 (JST)
> From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
> Subject: Re: wd.c patch to reduce kernel stack usage
> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:22:03 -0700
> > Use of alloca() is one possibility.  But that still comes from the stack,
> > do you'd want to make the buffer smaller, as well, I guess.
> > 
> > Reducing kernel stack usage is good ... but having to allocate memory
> > in an error handler doesn't seem like the best idea...
> 
> i don't think printing exact error isn't so important in this case.

'i think' ;-)

> just "io error" when malloc fails is acceptable, isn't it?

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YAMAMOTO Takashi<yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>