On Tue 03-10-17 14:10:49, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Wed 27-09-17 14:13:49, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > We currently it it for find_or_create_page(), which means that it
> > cannot fail. Ensure we also pass in 'retry == true' to
> > alloc_page_buffers(), which also ensure that it cannot fail.
> >
> > After this, there are no failure cases in grow_dev_page() that
> > occur because of a failed memory allocation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <ax...@kernel.dk>
>
> Makes sense. You can add:
>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz>
I forgot one question though:
> > page = find_or_create_page(inode->i_mapping, index, gfp_mask);
> > - if (!page)
> > - return ret;
Are we sure find_or_create_page() cannot fail for other reasons than
ENOMEM? Currently it seems to be the case AFAICT but it isn't obvious to me
that is guaranteed in future as well...
Honza
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Jan Kara <j...@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
