linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] virtio-scsi: fix various bad behavior on aborted requests

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2014 20:10:45 -0700
From:	Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@...gle.com>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@....de, JBottomley@...allels.com, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Venkatesh Srinivas <vsrinivas@...101.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] virtio-scsi: fix various bad behavior on aborted requests

On 6/4/14, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:
> Il 04/06/2014 19:29, Venkatesh Srinivas ha scritto:
>> Do you really want to poll the request VQs for completions if the TMF
>> was rejected?
>
> I wasn't sure, but bugs in this path are hard enough that I preferred
> the safer patch.

Ok. As long as it was deliberate. I'd slightly prefer only doing so in
the success case, but simplicity is a compelling argument :)

Reviewed-by: Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@...gle.com>

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