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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:55:32 +0100
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Subject: Re: Setjmp/Longjmp in the kernel?
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Olaf Titz wrote:
> 
> Not that this matters any bit, but the proper order is of course
>         alloc this
>         alloc that
>         _foo_func()
>         free that
>         free this
> 
> even if only for aesthetical reasons :-)
> 
> (with locks, it does matter...)

For locks it is only when you lock the order matters, not when
you unlock. For allocations there is of course the possibility
that the first allocation suceeds and the second fails, which
you must handle in some way.

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