Re: [PATCH] fixes for linked list bugs in block I/O code

[Dave Peterson]

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.

-Dave