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

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:40:02 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>, roger.pau@...rix.com,
	stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com,
	xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>, 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 Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:45:35AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> 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).

Yup. Chen, could you respin the patch with the extra comment and
the Ack from Jan please?

Thank you!
> 
> Jan
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