linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] JBD slab cleanups

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Message-ID: <20070919194813.GT32520@schatzie.adilger.int>
Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:48:13 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] JBD slab cleanups

On Sep 19, 2007  12:15 -0700, Mingming Cao wrote:
> @@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *
>  
>  alloc_transaction:
>  	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
> -		new_transaction = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction),
> -						GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
> +		new_transaction = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), GFP_NOFS);

This should probably be a __GFP_NOFAIL if we are trying to start a new
handle in truncate, as there is no way to propagate an error to the caller.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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