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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 3a9e2a2fd4c6..4ab518d43758 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -175,12 +175,11 @@ static struct tty_ldisc *tty_ldisc_get(struct tty_struct *tty, int disc)
return ERR_CAST(ldops);
}
- ld = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tty_ldisc), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (ld == NULL) {
- put_ldops(ldops);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- }
-
+ /*
+ * There is no way to handle allocation failure of only 16 bytes.
+ * Let's simplify error handling and save more memory.
+ */
+ ld = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tty_ldisc), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
ld->ops = ldops;
ld->tty = tty;
@@ -753,12 +752,13 @@ void tty_ldisc_release(struct tty_struct *tty)
* the tty structure is not completely set up when this call is made.
*/
-void tty_ldisc_init(struct tty_struct *tty)
+int tty_ldisc_init(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_get(tty, N_TTY);
if (IS_ERR(ld))
- panic("n_tty: init_tty");
+ return PTR_ERR(ld);
tty->ldisc = ld;
+ return 0;
}
/**