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-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c22
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
index 99632a87e697..26c80e18d7b1 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
@@ -130,26 +130,26 @@ static struct mdesc_mem_ops memblock_mdesc_ops = {
static struct mdesc_handle *mdesc_kmalloc(unsigned int mdesc_size)
{
unsigned int handle_size;
+ struct mdesc_handle *hp;
+ unsigned long addr;
void *base;
handle_size = (sizeof(struct mdesc_handle) -
sizeof(struct mdesc_hdr) +
mdesc_size);
+ /*
+ * Allocation has to succeed because mdesc update would be missed
+ * and such events are not retransmitted.
+ */
base = kmalloc(handle_size + 15, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
- if (base) {
- struct mdesc_handle *hp;
- unsigned long addr;
-
- addr = (unsigned long)base;
- addr = (addr + 15UL) & ~15UL;
- hp = (struct mdesc_handle *) addr;
+ addr = (unsigned long)base;
+ addr = (addr + 15UL) & ~15UL;
+ hp = (struct mdesc_handle *) addr;
- mdesc_handle_init(hp, handle_size, base);
- return hp;
- }
+ mdesc_handle_init(hp, handle_size, base);
- return NULL;
+ return hp;
}
static void mdesc_kfree(struct mdesc_handle *hp)