> - req = kmem_cache_alloc(kiocb_cachep, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO); > - if (unlikely(!req)) > - return NULL; > + req = kmem_cache_alloc(kiocb_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (req) { > + percpu_ref_get(&ctx->reqs); > + req->ki_ctx = ctx; > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->ki_list); > + refcount_set(&req->ki_refcnt, 0); > + req->ki_eventfd = NULL; > + } > > - percpu_ref_get(&ctx->reqs); > - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->ki_list); > - refcount_set(&req->ki_refcnt, 0); > - req->ki_ctx = ctx; > return req; Why the reformatting? Otherwise this looks fine to me: Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>