Testers: NFSv3 support for pxeboot for nfs diskless root

[John Baldwin]

On Friday 11 June 2010 11:07:57 am Rick Macklem wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Andrey Simonenko wrote:
> 
> >
> > Shouldn't return values from malloc() calls be checked?
> 
> Yea, I suppose that's a good idea, although I think all that can be
> done is print a failure message, since it's "dead in the water" at
> that point.
> 
> > Also additional checks for NULL values before free() calls can be removed,
> > at least this will reduce size of code.  There is PR/83424 related to 
this.
> >
> My only concern here would be if someone were to change Free() so it
> doesn't check for a null pointer, but since it does now, I suppose
> it's a feature and shouldn't be changed.
> 
> Anyone else have an opinion on this? (ie. Whether I should just assume
> that Free() checks for the NULL ptr.)

free() in the kernel and userland also check for NULL, so I think it's ok to 
assume the same behavior for libstand.

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John Baldwin