[PATCH] small bugfix for ll_rw_bio() for 2.5.3-pre3

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Hi,

Here is a small bug fix for ll_rw_bio() for 2.5.3-pre3.
kio->io_count can be safely incremented only after
bio_alloc() success.

Thanks,
Badari

--- linux-253pre3/fs/bio.c Thu Dec 27 08:15:15 2001
+++ linux-253pre3.new/fs/bio.c Wed Jan 23 17:32:59 2002
@@ -368,8 +368,6 @@
         if (nr_pages > total_nr_pages)
                 nr_pages = total_nr_pages;
 
- atomic_inc(&kio->io_count);
-
         /*
          * allocate bio and do initial setup
          */
@@ -377,6 +375,8 @@
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto out;
         }
+
+ atomic_inc(&kio->io_count);
 
         bio->bi_sector = sector;
         bio->bi_dev = dev;

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