There were two places where return value from bdi_init was not tested. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/char_dev.c | 3 ++- include/linux/backing-dev.h | 4 ++-- mm/swap.c | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/backing-dev.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/backing-dev.h 2013-10-11 19:54:12.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/backing-dev.h 2013-10-11 22:39:14.000000000 +0200 @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info { #endif }; -int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); +int __must_check bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); __printf(3, 4) @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info const char *fmt, ...); int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev); void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); -int bdi_setup_and_register(struct backing_dev_info *, char *, unsigned int); +int __must_check bdi_setup_and_register(struct backing_dev_info *, char *, unsigned int); void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason); void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); Index: linux-2.6/fs/char_dev.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/char_dev.c 2013-10-11 19:54:12.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/fs/char_dev.c 2013-10-11 22:39:14.000000000 +0200 @@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t void __init chrdev_init(void) { cdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &chrdevs_lock); - bdi_init(&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi); + if (bdi_init(&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi)) + panic("Failed to init directly mappable cdev bdi"); } Index: linux-2.6/mm/swap.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/swap.c 2013-10-11 19:54:12.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/mm/swap.c 2013-10-11 22:39:14.000000000 +0200 @@ -934,7 +934,8 @@ void __init swap_setup(void) #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP int i; - bdi_init(swapper_spaces[0].backing_dev_info); + if (bdi_init(swapper_spaces[0].backing_dev_info)) + panic("Failed to init swap bdi"); for (i = 0; i < MAX_SWAPFILES; i++) { spin_lock_init(&swapper_spaces[i].tree_lock); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&swapper_spaces[i].i_mmap_nonlinear); -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel