linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: fix error handling for out of range

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:22:23 -0200
From:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: fix error handling for out of range

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 08:07:09PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> find_index_from_host_irq returns 0 on error
> but callers assume < 0 on error. This should
> not matter much: an out of range irq should never happen since
> irq handler was registered with this irq #,
> and even if it does we get a spurious msix irq in guest
> and typically nothing terrible happens.
> 
> Still, better to make it consistent.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c |    4 +---
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

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