linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: annotate unhandled kmem_cache

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Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:40:18 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	adilger@....com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: annotate unhandled kmem_cache_alloc() error

kmem_cache_alloc() error in ext4_mb_free_metadata is not handled.
I don't know how to fix it. But I can put BUG_ON to let others
know the problem.

Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc: adilger@....com
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Index: 2.6-rc/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-rc.orig/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ 2.6-rc/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4417,6 +4417,7 @@ ext4_mb_free_metadata(handle_t *handle, 
 	BUG_ON(e4b->bd_buddy_page == NULL);
 
 	new_entry  = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_free_ext_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+	BUG_ON(!new_entry);
 	new_entry->start_blk = block;
 	new_entry->group  = group;
 	new_entry->count = count;
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