linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] genirq/affinity: Handle pre/post vectors in irq_create_affinity

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Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2016 15:55:09 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        axboe@...nel.dk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] genirq/affinity: Handle pre/post vectors in
        irq_create_affinity_masks()

[please trim the f***king context in your replies, thanks..]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 09:15:27AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> +irq_create_affinity_masks(int nvecs, const struct irq_affinity *affd)
>>  {
>> -	int n, nodes, vecs_per_node, cpus_per_vec, extra_vecs, curvec = 0;
>> +	int n, nodes, vecs_per_node, cpus_per_vec, extra_vecs, curvec;
>> +	int affv = nvecs - affd->pre_vectors - affd->post_vectors;
>>  	nodemask_t nodemsk = NODE_MASK_NONE;
>>  	struct cpumask *masks;
>>  	cpumask_var_t nmsk;
> Check for NULL affd?

We expect all callers to pass a valid one.