Re: [PATCH] scsi: ibmvfc: don't check for failure from mempool_alloc()

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To: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: ibmvfc: don't check for failure from mempool_alloc()
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:51:28 -0400
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <878tn9xb2m.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> (NeilBrown's message of "Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:15:13 +1000")
Organization: Oracle Corporation
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NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> mempool_alloc() cannot fail when passed GFP_NOIO or any other gfp
> setting that is permitted to sleep.  So remove this pointless code.

Applied to 4.12/scsi-queue. Thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering

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