Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: bio_alloc with __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM never fails

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date: Thu Nov 14 2019 - 22:20:22 EST


On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 05:29:58PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2019/10/31 17:23, Gao Xiang wrote:
> > Similar to [1] [2], bio_alloc with __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM flags
> > guarantees bio allocation under some given restrictions, as
> > stated in block/bio.c and fs/direct-io.c So here it's ok to
> > not check for NULL value from bio_alloc().
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191030035518.65477-1-gaoxiang25@xxxxxxxxxx
> > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190830162812.GA10694@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

- Ted