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| -rw-r--r-- | block/elevator.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c index a5bdc3b1e7e5..01aa9f38f22e 100644 --- a/block/elevator.c +++ b/block/elevator.c @@ -650,10 +650,10 @@ void elevator_init_mq(struct request_queue *q) } /* - * switch to new_e io scheduler. be careful not to introduce deadlocks - - * we don't free the old io scheduler, before we have allocated what we - * need for the new one. this way we have a chance of going back to the old - * one, if the new one fails init for some reason. + * Switch to new_e io scheduler. + * + * If switching fails, we are most likely running out of memory and not able + * to restore the old io scheduler, so leaving the io scheduler being none. */ int elevator_switch(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *new_e) { |