Re: [patch 4/6] jbd: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL

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On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:51:03 +0200
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon 16-08-10 19:58:01, David Rientjes wrote:
> > Removes the dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL by looping indefinitely in the
> > caller.
> > 
> > The error handling when kzalloc() returns NULL in start_this_handle()
> > was removed since it was unreachable.
>   Thanks! I've added the patch to my tree.

Please unadd it.  JBD should be fixed so that it can appropriately
handle out-of-memory conditions.  Until that time we shouldn't hide its
shortcomings with this open-coded equivalent.

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