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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers:block: Remove no longer needed FIXME comment for the function, add_disk in genhd.c
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:40:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <548E4A2D.2050603@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1418526557-3295-1-git-send-email-xerofoify@gmail.com>

On 12/13/2014 08:09 PM, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> Removes unneeded fix me comment related to the function, add_disk needing error handling. The function clearly has supported this for a while and the comment is not longer needed
> for the function,add_disk in the file genhd.c.

But it doesn't, really. Proper error handling would be to unroll and 
return the error, if it happens. Right now add_disk() can't return an error.

-- 
Jens Axboe


       reply	other threads:[~2014-12-15  2:40 UTC|newest]

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2014-12-15  2:53     ` [PATCH] drivers:block: Remove no longer needed FIXME comment for the function, add_disk in genhd.c Jens Axboe

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