Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:55:58 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Altix I/O code cleanup |
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 04:07:07AM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: > Christoph> NULL return not handled again (and the assert is totally > Christoph> useless) > > ASSERT_ALWAYS checks it, it may not be pretty but it does check it.
No, it's useless. It's not different at all from just derefencing a NULL pointer - both get you an oops.
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