Re: Fix noop elevator request merging (in current 2.5 bk)

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Sep 08 2003 - 11:11:28 EST


On Mon, Sep 08 2003, Oleg Drokin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This patch is required otherwise in case if elv_try_last_merge
> returns nonzero, we do not initialise *req, and subsequent BUG_ON()
> in __make_request() will dies because req is NULL (or is just
> uninitialised). This stopped my UBD devices to work, that's how I
> noticed ;)

Thanks, patch looks good.

--
Jens Axboe

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