linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/block/xen-blkback: preq.dev is used without initialized

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Message-ID: <512DD6DA.5010706@citrix.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:50:18 +0100
From:	Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
CC:	"konrad.wilk@...cle.com" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"jbeulich@...e.com" <jbeulich@...e.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	"dgdegra@...ho.nsa.gov" <dgdegra@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/block/xen-blkback: preq.dev is used without initialized

On 27/02/13 05:52, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
>   if call xen_vbd_translate failed, the preq.dev will be not initialized.
>   so use blkif->vbd.pdevice instead (still better to print relative info).

preq.dev is initialized a a couple of lines prior to calling
xen_vbd_translate:

preq.dev           = req->u.rw.handle;

> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
> ---
>  drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
> index de1f319..6d1cc3d 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
> @@ -904,7 +904,8 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
>  		pr_debug(DRV_PFX "access denied: %s of [%llu,%llu] on dev=%04x\n",
>  			 operation == READ ? "read" : "write",
>  			 preq.sector_number,
> -			 preq.sector_number + preq.nr_sects, preq.dev);
> +			 preq.sector_number + preq.nr_sects,
> +			 blkif->vbd.pdevice);
>  		goto fail_response;
>  	}
>  
> 

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