fs/buffer.c: remove BUG() in possible but rare condition
authorGlauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:01:48 +0000 (16:01 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:26:33 +0000 (21:26 -0700)
commit61065a30af8df4b8989c2ac7a1f4b4034e4df2d5
tree3b446b3d81e996ce15901a57e85bab10fcbd8899
parent904249aa68010c8e223263c922fcbb840a3f42e4
fs/buffer.c: remove BUG() in possible but rare condition

While stressing the kernel with with failing allocations today, I hit the
following chain of events:

alloc_page_buffers():

bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS);
if (!bh)
goto no_grow; <= path taken

grow_dev_page():
        bh = alloc_page_buffers(page, size, 0);
        if (!bh)
                goto failed;  <= taken, consequence of the above

and then the failed path BUG()s the kernel.

The failure is inserted a litte bit artificially, but even then, I see no
reason why it should be deemed impossible in a real box.

Even though this is not a condition that we expect to see around every
time, failed allocations are expected to be handled, and BUG() sounds just
too much.  As a matter of fact, grow_dev_page() can return NULL just fine
in other circumstances, so I propose we just remove it, then.

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/buffer.c