linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] xen-blkfront: don't add indirect pages to list when !feature

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:59:18 +0200
From:	Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:	Bob Liu <bob.liu@...cle.com>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
CC:	<david.vrabel@...rix.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] xen-blkfront: don't add indirect pages to list
 when !feature_persistent

El 22/07/15 a les 8.40, Bob Liu ha escrit:
> We should consider info->feature_persistent when adding indriect page to list
                                                          ^ indirect
> info->indirect_pages, else the BUG_ON() in blkif_free() would be triggered.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bob Liu <bob.liu@...cle.com>

Thanks, this looks correct indeed. If we are using persistent grants the
indirect_pages list should always be empty because blkfront has
pre-allocated enough persistent pages to fill all requests on the ring.

Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>

Should be backported to stable branches.

Roger.
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