linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] virtio-scsi: avoid cancelling uninitialized work items

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Message-ID: <20140605101223.GB8633@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 5 Jun 2014 03:12:23 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@....de, JBottomley@...allels.com, venkateshs@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] virtio-scsi: avoid cancelling uninitialized work
 items

On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 01:34:56PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Calling the workqueue interface on uninitialized work items isn't a
> good idea even if they're zeroed. It's not failing catastrophically only
> through happy accidents.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
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