linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen_pvscsi: reclaim the ring request when mapping data failed

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:33:28 +0200
From:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:	Bin Wu <wu.wubin@...wei.com>, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com, jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	martin.petersen@...cle.com, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen_pvscsi: reclaim the ring request when mapping data
 failed

On 11/07/16 04:51, Bin Wu wrote:
> During scsi command queueing, if mapping data fails, we need to
> reclaim the failed request. Otherwise, the garbage request will
> be pushed into the ring for the backend to work.

Well spotted. There is another instance of this problem in
scsifront_action_handler(). Would you mind correcting this one, too?


Juergen

> 
> Signed-off-by: Bin Wu <wu.wubin@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/xen-scsifront.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/xen-scsifront.c b/drivers/scsi/xen-scsifront.c
> index 9dc8687..655163d 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/xen-scsifront.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/xen-scsifront.c
> @@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ static int scsifront_queuecommand(struct Scsi_Host
> *shost,
>      err = map_data_for_request(info, sc, ring_req, shadow);
>      if (err < 0) {
>          pr_debug("%s: err %d\n", __func__, err);
> +        info->ring.req_prod_pvt--;
>          scsifront_put_rqid(info, rqid);
>          scsifront_return(info);
>          spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);