Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:18:38 +0200
From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@novell.com>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
       Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com>, xfs-masters@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Handle bio_alloc failure
Message-ID: <20090414111838.GG5178@kernel.dk>
References: <200904141636.26557.knikanth@novell.com>
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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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