On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > While going through jbd code, I was wondering why do we need to check > new_transaction for NULL, if we are passing __GFP_NOFAIL ? > Last code change around this code was when Ted converted kmalloc to > kzalloc, but since he also didn't remove it I am guessing there would > be some good reason for it. Can someone enlighten me ? > > start_this_handle() { > .......... > .......... > new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), > GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL); > if (!new_transaction) { > ret = -ENOMEM; > goto out; > } > .......... > } > True. I agree. What if (*new_transaction) is zero ??? > > Thanks - > Manish > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- Regards, Sandeep. “To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner.” -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ