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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Small bug fix for aio
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    On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 20:14, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
    > On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 06:54:51PM -0700, Mingming Cao wrote:
    > > Here is a trivial patch fixed a bug in ioctx_alloc(). If
    > > aio_setup_ring() failed, ioctx_alloc() should pass the return error from
    > > aio_setup_ring() back to sys_io_setup().
    >
    > This particular case was intentional: -ENOMEM really is the right return
    > code when the ring cannot be allocated. Mixing it up with the potential
    > return codes from do_mmap or other functions might result in a very
    > nonsensical return. Perhaps someone can provide an arguement in favour
    > of propagating the value, but I think it really can only mean "you asked
    > the kernel to allocate too much memory or did something stupidly buggy with
    > threads". Cheers,
    >
    > -ben

    Ok, then I think -ENOMEM makes more sense. Thanks for clarifying.


    Mingming

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