linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bcache: untagle cache

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:24:11 +0200
From:	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Eric Wheeler <git@...ux.ewheeler.net>,
	Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>, linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcache: untagle cache_aolloc

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 02:13:33AM -0800, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 12:11:09PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > bcache's cache_alloc() function currenty has no way freeing memory if one of
> > the allocations fails. Untangle the if + allocation statement so we have
> > defined checkpoints to free previous allocations if one fails.
> 
> nack. The existing error path handles failure midway through just fine.

Come on, the patch improves the readability of the if statement by some orders
of magnitude as well.

Are you OK with it if I change the subject/commit log?

	Johannes

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