linux-kernel - [patch 6/6] reiserfs: remove dependency on __GFP

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Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:58:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 6/6] reiserfs: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL

Removes the dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL by looping indefinitely in the
caller.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
---
 fs/reiserfs/journal.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2593,8 +2593,11 @@ static int journal_read(struct super_block *sb)
 static struct reiserfs_journal_list *alloc_journal_list(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct reiserfs_journal_list *jl;
-	jl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_list),
-		     GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+
+	do {
+		/* FIXME: this may potentially loop forever */
+		jl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_list), GFP_NOFS);
+	} while (!jl);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_working_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_tail_bh_list);
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