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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:54:18 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] let elv_register() return void
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On Wed, Dec 12 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> elv_register() always returns 0, and there isn't anything it does where 
> it should return an error (the only error condition is so grave that 
> it's handled with a BUG_ON).

Principally it could return -EEXIST for the BUG_ON(), but there's little
point. I've applied your patch, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe