linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Ext3: return ENOMEM rather than EIO if sb

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Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:43:42 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Wang shilong <wangshilong1991@...il.com>
Cc:	jack@...e.cz, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Ext3: return ENOMEM rather than EIO if sb_getblk
 fails

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 06:47:14PM +0800, Wang shilong wrote:
> From: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> It will be better to have ENOMEM return rather than EIO,because
> the only reason that sb_getblk fails is allocation fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
> fs/ext3/inode.c  | 6 +++---
> fs/ext3/resize.c | 6 +++---
> fs/ext3/xattr.c  | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)


<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>
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