linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/24] udf: check if udf_load

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Message-ID: <20080107191904.GA22144@joi>
Date:	Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:19:18 +0100
From:	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ben Fennema <bfennema@...con.csc.calpoly.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/24] udf: check if udf_load_logicalvol failed

On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 12:29:51PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Sun 23-12-07 02:51:09, marcin.slusarz@...il.com wrote:
> > udf_load_logicalvol may fail eg in out of memory conditions - check it
> > and propagate error further
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
> > CC: Ben Fennema <bfennema@...con.csc.calpoly.edu>
> > CC: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
>   I certainly agree with the idea of the change. Just note that
> udf_process_sequence() returns 1 in case of failure so propagating an error
> is not ideal - we should keep things consistent. And also note that the
> actual value is disregarded in udf_load_partition() anyway.
OK, I will make it consistent in next version.

Marcin
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