[patch 6/6] reiserfs: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL

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From: David Rientjes
Date: Monday, August 16, 2010 - 7:58 pm

Removes the dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL by looping indefinitely in the
caller.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
---
 fs/reiserfs/journal.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2593,8 +2593,11 @@ static int journal_read(struct super_block *sb)
 static struct reiserfs_journal_list *alloc_journal_list(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct reiserfs_journal_list *jl;
-	jl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_list),
-		     GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+
+	do {
+		/* FIXME: this may potentially loop forever */
+		jl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct reiserfs_journal_list), GFP_NOFS);
+	} while (!jl);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_working_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&jl->j_tail_bh_list);
--
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[patch 0/6] remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 16, 7:57 pm)
[patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 16, 7:57 pm)
[patch 2/6] btrfs: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 16, 7:57 pm)
[patch 3/6] gfs2: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 16, 7:57 pm)
[patch 4/6] jbd: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 16, 7:58 pm)
[patch 5/6] ntfs: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 16, 7:58 pm)
[patch 6/6] reiserfs: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 16, 7:58 pm)
Re: [patch 4/6] jbd: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Tue Aug 17, 10:48 am)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, Andrew Morton, (Mon Aug 23, 12:26 pm)
Re: [patch 4/6] jbd: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, Andrew Morton, (Mon Aug 23, 12:28 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 23, 12:35 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, Andrew Morton, (Mon Aug 23, 12:51 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, Andrew Morton, (Mon Aug 23, 1:01 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 23, 1:03 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 23, 1:08 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, Pekka Enberg, (Mon Aug 23, 1:09 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 23, 1:13 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, Andrew Morton, (Mon Aug 23, 1:23 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, Pekka Enberg, (Mon Aug 23, 1:29 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 23, 1:37 pm)
Re: [patch 1/6] md: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 23, 1:40 pm)
Re: [patch 4/6] jbd: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, Andrew Morton, (Mon Aug 23, 3:11 pm)
Re: [patch 4/6] jbd: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL, David Rientjes, (Mon Aug 23, 3:22 pm)