Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Dave Peterson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fixes for linked list bugs in block I/O code | Date | Thu, 8 May 2003 10:47:24 -0700 |
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On Wednesday 07 May 2003 06:17 pm, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > Yes, but bio->bi_next is a NULL already. > > > > I think assuming this is bad programming form. You are assuming that > > the memory allocator zeros out newly allocated memory. Though your > > No, it is not memory allocator but block layer. > Look at bio_init(), there is bio->bi_next = NULL explicitly.
Ok, I agree: the patch is not needed for 2.5 (although I think it still makes sense for 2.4.20). Thanks for the correction.
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