linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/block/xen-blkback: preq.dev is used without initialized

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:45:35 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
To:	"Chen Gang" <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	<roger.pau@...rix.com>, <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	"xen-devel" <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>, <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	<dgdegra@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/block/xen-blkback: preq.dev is used
 without initialized

>>> On 27.02.13 at 11:38, Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com> wrote:
> 于 2013年02月27日 17:57, Jan Beulich 写道:
>> You also could have mentioned that even before commit 
>> 01c681d4c70d64cb72142a2823f27c4146a02e63 the value printed
>> here was bogus, as it was the guest provided value from
>> req->u.rw.handle rather than the actual device.
> 
>   pardon ?
> 
>   I guess what you said is :
>     my patch seems ok, but the comments need improving.
>     need add "additional info" in comments:
>       "before commit 01c681d4c70d64cb72142a2823f27c4146a02e63
>        the value printed here was bogus, as it was the guest
>        provided value from req->u.rw.handle rather than the
>        actual device".
> 
>   is it correct ?

Yes (and you might have missed the ACK that I had already sent
before this reply - that mail got bounced for your address).

Jan
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