linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ib umem: bugfix: mixed put_pid()s in ib_umem

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Message-ID: <20161229052940.GH26885@mtr-leonro.local>
Date:   Thu, 29 Dec 2016 07:29:40 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Kenneth Lee <liguozhu@...ilicon.com>
Cc:     dledford@...hat.com, sean.hefty@...el.com,
        hal.rosenstock@...il.com, robin.murphy@....com, jroedel@...e.de,
        egtvedt@...fundet.no, vgupta@...opsys.com,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, lstoakes@...il.com, krzk@...nel.org,
        sebott@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, markb@...lanox.com,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ib umem: bugfix: mixed put_pid()s in ib_umem_get()

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 10:24:43AM +0800, Kenneth Lee wrote:
> There are two bugfixes in this patch:
>
> 1. When the execution go to the ib_umem_odp_get() path, pid should be put
>    back.
> 2. When the memory allocation fail, the pid also should be put back before
>    exit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kenneth Lee <liguozhu@...ilicon.com>

Hi Kenneth,

Thank you for resubmitting it. This fix is important and no doubts that
it will be accepted, however you need to improve the patch a little bit
more.

CAn you please resubmit it according to Documentation/SubmittingPatches
and reviewers feedback?

Haggai's Reviewed-by tag, Fixes, changelog, version in title and
proper title (see it in git log for this subsystems).

Thanks

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