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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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