From 82305c623900ce30a666bd14ae6901a1bf149bb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:35:43 +0200
Subject: kern: gracefully handle resource shortage

* kern/task.c (task_create): Gracefully handle resource shortage.
---
 kern/task.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'kern')

diff --git a/kern/task.c b/kern/task.c
index 57e7f41..dcd5371 100644
--- a/kern/task.c
+++ b/kern/task.c
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ kern_return_t task_create(
 #endif
 
 	new_task = (task_t) kmem_cache_alloc(&task_cache);
-	if (new_task == TASK_NULL) {
-		panic("task_create: no memory for task structure");
-	}
+	if (new_task == TASK_NULL)
+		return KERN_RESOURCE_SHORTAGE;
 
 	/* one ref for just being alive; one for our caller */
 	new_task->ref_count = 2;
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