Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756087AbXJHRqy (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:46:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753032AbXJHRqq (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:46:46 -0400 Received: from netops-testserver-3-out.sgi.com ([192.48.171.28]:51760 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752507AbXJHRqp (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:46:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 10:46:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: clameter@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com To: Mingming Cao cc: Christoph Hellwig , "Theodore Ts'o" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] jbd: JBD replace jbd_kmalloc with kmalloc In-Reply-To: <1191623899.3861.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <1191477059-5357-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1191477059-5357-2-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <20071004065204.GA21481@infradead.org> <1191623899.3861.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1089 Lines: 27 On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Mingming Cao wrote: > Index: linux-2.6.23-rc9/fs/jbd/transaction.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.23-rc9.orig/fs/jbd/transaction.c 2007-10-05 12:08:08.000000000 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.23-rc9/fs/jbd/transaction.c 2007-10-05 12:08:29.000000000 -0700 > @@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t * > > alloc_transaction: > if (!journal->j_running_transaction) { > - new_transaction = jbd_kmalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), > - GFP_NOFS); > + new_transaction = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), > + GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL); Why was a __GFP_NOFAIL added here? I do not see a use of jbd_rep_kmalloc? > -#define jbd_kmalloc(size, flags) \ > - __jbd_kmalloc(__FUNCTION__, (size), (flags), journal_oom_retry) journal_oom_retry is no longer used? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/