linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/5] mbcache: don't BUG() if entry cache cannot be allocated

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Date:   Sat, 3 Dec 2016 15:30:03 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] mbcache: don't BUG() if entry cache cannot be
 allocated

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:17:58PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> mbcache can be a module that is loaded long after startup, when someone
> asks to mount an ext2 or ext4 filesystem.  Therefore it should not BUG()
> if kmem_cache_create() fails, but rather just fail the module load.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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