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

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Date:	Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:59:22 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Wang shilong <wangshilong1991@...il.com>, jack@...e.cz,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 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 Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:45:38PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 08:43:42PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > 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.
> > > 
> > 
> > <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>
> 
> Did Wang Shilong bcc stable@...r.kernel.org?

Yes he did, which triggered my semi-automatic-bot response.

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