[dm-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Fix error paths on device initialization in the block layer

Jens Axboe axboe at kernel.dk
Tue Oct 15 15:32:46 UTC 2013


On Mon, Oct 14 2013, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> Hi
> 
> This series of patches fixes some crashes in the block layer in device 
> initialization when memory allocation fails.
> 
> The crashes were discovered during stress testing - we tried to create as 
> many logical volumes as possible.
> 
> Note that there are still some places in the kernel where error handling 
> is inadequate, for example add_disk or blk_register_region.

Thanks, they all look good. Applied for 3.13.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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