2009-04-14 11:12:12

by Nikanth Karthikesan

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Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Handle possible bio_alloc failure in bounce buffer

Handle possible bio_alloc failure in bounce buffer.

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <[email protected]>

---

Index: linux-2.6/mm/bounce.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/bounce.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/bounce.c
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ static void __blk_queue_bounce(struct re
unsigned int cnt = (*bio_orig)->bi_vcnt;

bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, cnt);
+ if (unlikely(!bio))
+ panic("Unable to allocate bios\n");
+
memset(bio->bi_io_vec, 0, cnt * sizeof(struct bio_vec));
}