linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Check return value of sb

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Message-ID: <20101025145102.GE16981@thunk.org>
Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:51:02 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Check return value of sb_getblk() and friends

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 05:22:09PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Fail block allocation if sb_getblk() returns NULL. In that case,
> sb_find_get_block() also likely to fail so that it should skip
> calling ext4_forget().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>

Thanks, I've added this patch to the ext4 patch queue.

       	    	       	     	    - Ted
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