linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] scsi: create an all-zero filter for scanners

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Message-ID: <505080F1.5090606@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:32:49 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>, linux-iscsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] scsi: create an all-zero filter for scanners

Il 12/09/2012 14:36, Alan Cox ha scritto:
>> >  	switch (sdev->type) {
>> > +	case TYPE_SCANNER:
>> > +		sdev->request_queue->cmd_filter =
>> > +			kzalloc(sizeof(struct blk_cmd_filter), GFP_KERNEL);
>> > +		/* fallthrough */
> Is that really desireable in the kzalloc failing case ?

Hmm, there is another kmalloc failure in the series that is worse than
this one, actually.

Paolo
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