From: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
To: "Javier González" <jg@lightnvm.io>
Cc: mb@lightnvm.io, axboe@fb.com, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Javier González" <javier@cnexlabs.com>,
"Matias Bjørling" <matias@cnexlabs.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] lightnvm: pblk: check for failed mempool alloc.
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 17:08:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170906150811.sa3vrrkbpv5rffeb@linux-x5ow.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1504710066-4699-2-git-send-email-javier@cnexlabs.com>
On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 05:01:01PM +0200, Javier González wrote:
> Check for failed mempool allocations and act accordingly.
Are you sure it is needed? Quoting from mempool_alloc()s Documentation:
"[...] Note that due to preallocation, this function *never* fails when called
from process contexts. (it might fail if called from an IRQ context.) [...]"
Byte,
Johannes
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-06 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-06 15:01 [PATCH 0/6] lightnvm: pblk bug fixes for 4.14 Javier González
2017-09-06 15:01 ` [PATCH 1/6] lightnvm: pblk: check for failed mempool alloc Javier González
2017-09-06 15:08 ` Johannes Thumshirn [this message]
2017-09-06 15:09 ` Jens Axboe
2017-09-06 15:12 ` Javier González
2017-09-06 15:13 ` Jens Axboe
2017-09-06 15:14 ` Javier González
2017-09-06 15:20 ` Jens Axboe
2017-09-06 18:28 ` Javier González
2017-09-06 15:12 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-09-06 15:01 ` [PATCH 2/6] lightnvm: pblk: initialize debug stat counter Javier González
2017-09-06 15:15 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-09-06 15:01 ` [PATCH 3/6] lightnvm: pblk: use right flag for GC allocation Javier González
2017-09-06 15:19 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-09-06 15:01 ` [PATCH 4/6] lightnvm: pblk: free padded entries in write buffer Javier González
2017-09-06 15:22 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-09-06 15:01 ` [PATCH 5/6] lightnvm: pblk: fix write I/O sync stat Javier González
2017-09-06 15:23 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-09-06 15:01 ` [PATCH 6/6] lightnvm: pblk: avoid deadlock on low LUN config Javier González
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