Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:18:38 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/6] Handle bio_alloc failure |
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On Tue, Apr 14 2009, Nikanth Karthikesan wrote: > Hi Jens > > Some of the callers of bio_alloc() assume that it will never fail and always > return bios. But it can fail. This patch set changes those callers to take > action when bio_alloc() fails.
It will not fail as long as __GFP_WAIT is set, which it is for all 6 of your patches.
-- Jens Axboe
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