On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 17:55:20 +0400 Marina Makienko <makienko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The function blk_get_request() can return NULL in some cases. There are > checks on it if function is called with argumetns one of which is > GFP_ATOMIC/GFP_NOIO/etc. If system couldn't find request > blk_get_request() return NULL. drivers/ide is obsolete and scheduled for removal. I'm not sure messing with it is remotely useful at this point ? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html