linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Save command pool address of Scsi

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Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 2014 05:03:01 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	jgross@...e.com
Cc:	JBottomley@...allels.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Save command pool address of Scsi_Host

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 08:27:05AM +0200, jgross@...e.com wrote:
> From: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> 
> If a scsi host driver specifies .cmd_len in it's scsi_host_template, a driver's
> private command pool is needed. scsi_find_host_cmd_pool() will locate it, but
> scsi_alloc_host_cmd_pool() isn't saving the pool address in the host template.
> 
> This will result in an access error when the host is removed.
> 
> Avoid the problem by saving the address of a new allocated command pool where
> it is expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

Looks good, but minor nitpick below:

> +	if (shost->hostt->cmd_size)
> +		shost->hostt->cmd_pool = pool;
> +


We already have a local hostt variable for the host template in this
function, please use it.
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