linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Set memalloc_noio to false in the error path

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Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:14:35 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Zhong Jinghua <zhongjinghua@...weicloud.com>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, hare@...e.de, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zhongjinghua@...wei.com,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com, yukuai3@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Set memalloc_noio to false in the error path

On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 03:54:36PM +0800, Zhong Jinghua wrote:
> From: Zhong Jinghua <zhongjinghua@...wei.com>
> 
> In del_gendisk, memalloc_noio is set to false, so it would be better to do
> the same thing in the error path.

The commit does not mention what happens if this is not done.

  Luis