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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:44:45 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     Eric Sandeen <esandeen@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ext4: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in
 ext4_multi_mount_protect()

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 08:00:31PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
> > 
> > I might be dense, but what makes this message "extra?"
> > 
> > (I suppose kmalloc squawks too if it fails,
> 
> Do you find the default allocation failure report sufficient?

>From a helpdesk reporting situation, having a more specific message
when there is a MMP failure causing the mount to fail is definitely
useful.

So, NACK.

					- Ted

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