[PATCH 1/8] Use SLAB_PANIC when creating critical slab cache

[Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx>]

Use SLAB_PANIC when creating a critical slab cache.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx>

===== net/core/flow.c 1.20 vs edited =====
--- 1.20/net/core/flow.c        2004-03-16 18:10:10 -08:00
+++ edited/net/core/flow.c      2004-10-29 14:22:54 -07:00
@@ -343,11 +343,8 @@ static int __init flow_cache_init(void)
 
        flow_cachep = kmem_cache_create("flow_cache",
                                        sizeof(struct flow_cache_entry),
-                                       0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+                                       0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC,
                                        NULL, NULL);
-
-       if (!flow_cachep)
-               panic("NET: failed to allocate flow cache slab\n");
 
        flow_hash_shift = 10;
        flow_lwm = 2 * flow_hash_size;