On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:23:01 -0500
Paul Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> --- ./drivers/block/nbd.c.max_nbd_killed      2008-02-07 16:46:24.000000000 
> -0500
> +++ ./drivers/block/nbd.c     2008-02-08 16:13:01.000000000 -0500
> @@ -667,6 +667,12 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
>                       put_disk(disk);
>                       goto out;
>               }
> +             if (elevator_init(disk->queue, "deadline") != 0) {
> +                     if (elevator_init(disk->queue, "noop") != 0) {
> +                             put_disk(disk);
> +                             goto out;
> +                     }
> +             }
>       }

- if the user doesn't have deadline or noop configured, NBD will now
  fail.  That's a non-backward-compatible change.

- when it fails, it will fail silently.  Puzzled and angry users.

- when it fails, it will inappropriately return -ENOMEM.
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