linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] staging: hv: Fixed lockup problem with bounce_buffer scatter list

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Date:	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:45:28 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...ltheuniverse.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] staging: hv: Fixed lockup problem with
 bounce_buffer scatter list - RESEND

On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 13:03 -0700, Hank Janssen wrote:
> On 09/01/2010 09:38 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 11:13 -0700, Hank Janssen wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
> >> -			request->DataBuffer.PfnArray[i] =
> >> -					page_to_pfn(sg_page((&sgl[i])));
> >> +			request->DataBuffer.PfnArray[i] = 
> >> +				page_to_pfn(sg_page((&sgl[i])));
> > I did a bit of a doubletake reading this last change.
> > This isn't actually a part of your fix and it introduces
> > a whitespace error.
> I will resubmit this patch and clean up the whitespace error.
> 
> When change the code I normally also change the indentation to the
> correct format for that area of the code. That is how the whitespace
> snuck in there.

At least mention the whitespace change in the description
or perhaps use a different coding style for readability
that uses temporaries to avoid the split lines.

Something like:

 drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c |   17 +++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
index 075b61b..874891b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ static int storvsc_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *scmnd,
 	struct storvsc_driver_object *storvsc_drv_obj =
 		&storvsc_drv_ctx->drv_obj;
 	struct hv_storvsc_request *request;
+	struct hv_multipage_buffer *rmpb;
+	u64 *rmpba;
 	struct storvsc_cmd_request *cmd_request;
 	unsigned int request_size = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -693,8 +695,10 @@ static int storvsc_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *scmnd,
 	request->SenseBuffer = scmnd->sense_buffer;
 	request->SenseBufferSize = SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE;
 
+	rmpb = &request->DataBuffer;
+	rmpba = rmpb->PfnArray;
 
-	request->DataBuffer.Length = scsi_bufflen(scmnd);
+	rmpb->Length = scsi_bufflen(scmnd);
 	if (scsi_sg_count(scmnd)) {
 		sgl = (struct scatterlist *)scsi_sglist(scmnd);
 
@@ -733,20 +737,17 @@ static int storvsc_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *scmnd,
 			sgl = cmd_request->bounce_sgl;
 		}
 
-		request->DataBuffer.Offset = sgl[0].offset;
+		rmpb->Offset = sgl[0].offset;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < scsi_sg_count(scmnd); i++) {
 			DPRINT_DBG(STORVSC_DRV, "sgl[%d] len %d offset %d\n",
 				   i, sgl[i].length, sgl[i].offset);
-			request->DataBuffer.PfnArray[i] =
-					page_to_pfn(sg_page((&sgl[i])));
+			*rmpba++ = page_to_pfn(sg_page((&sgl[i])));
 		}
 	} else if (scsi_sglist(scmnd)) {
 		/* ASSERT(scsi_bufflen(scmnd) <= PAGE_SIZE); */
-		request->DataBuffer.Offset =
-			virt_to_phys(scsi_sglist(scmnd)) & (PAGE_SIZE-1);
-		request->DataBuffer.PfnArray[0] =
-			virt_to_phys(scsi_sglist(scmnd)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		rmpb->Offset = virt_to_phys(scsi_sglist(scmnd)) & (PAGE_SIZE-1);
+		*rmpba = virt_to_phys(scsi_sglist(scmnd)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	}
 
 retry_request:


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