linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/25] aio: kiocb

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:07:53 -0800
From:	Zach Brown <zab@...hat.com>
To:	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-aio@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, bcrl@...ck.org, jmoyer@...hat.com,
	axboe@...nel.dk, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/25] aio: kiocb_cancel()

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 08:43:31AM -0800, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Minor refactoring, to get rid of some duplicated code

A minor nit:

>  	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
> -	ret = -EAGAIN;
> +
>  	kiocb = lookup_kiocb(ctx, iocb, key);
> -	if (kiocb && kiocb->ki_cancel) {
> -		cancel = kiocb->ki_cancel;
> -		kiocb->ki_users ++;
> -		kiocbSetCancelled(kiocb);
> -	} else
> -		cancel = NULL;
 ...
> -	if (NULL != cancel) {
> -	} else
> -		ret = -EINVAL;

In the old code it'd return -EINVAL for a NULL kiocb, despite that
misleading unused EAGAIN.

> +	if (kiocb)
> +		ret = kiocb_cancel(ctx, kiocb, &res);
> +	else
> +		ret = -EAGAIN;

But now it returns -EAGAIN.

I bet we want to err on the side of caution and maintain behaviour, no
matter how funky.

- z
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