Re: [PATCH 0/6] Handle bio_alloc failure

[Jens Axboe]

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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