linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27-rc4: lots of 'in_atomic():1, irqs

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Date:	Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:04:29 +0200
From:	Andre Noll <maan@...temlinux.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, jurriaan <thunder7@...all.nl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc4: lots of 'in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():0' with  software-raid1

On 10:11, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > Also, md_super_write() does not check the return value of bio_alloc().
> > That probably needs fixing as well.
> 
> No, that's the guarentee of mempool_alloc() - as long as you have
> __GFP_WAIT set, you'll never see a NULL return.

Ah, OK. Thanks for the clarification.

Andre
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