2009-04-15 05:10:09

by Nikanth Karthikesan

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Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Document that bio_alloc with __GFP_WAIT cannot fail

Document that bio_alloc with __GFP_WAIT cannot fail.

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

---

diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index e0c9e54..5b5dfdd 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ err:
return NULL;
}

+/*
+ * This will not fail as long as __GFP_WAIT is specified
+ * in the gfp_mask, as mempool backing is used.
+ */
struct bio *bio_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs)
{
struct bio *bio = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs, fs_bio_set);