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[PATCH 0/6] Handle bio_alloc failure

To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] Handle bio_alloc failure
From: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:36:25 +0530
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs-masters@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi Jens

Some of the callers of bio_alloc() assume that it will never fail and always 
return bios. But it can fail. This patch set changes those callers to take 
action when bio_alloc() fails.

Thanks
Nikanth

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