linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] bsg-lib: fix kernel panic resulting from missing allocation of reply-buffer

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Message-Id: <20170824133650.GE27001@bblock-ThinkPad-W530>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:36:50 +0200
From:   Benjamin Block <bblock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Steffen Maier <maier@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] bsg-lib: fix kernel panic resulting from missing
 allocation of reply-buffer

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:45:56AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >  /**
> > - * bsg_destroy_job - routine to teardown/delete a bsg job
> > + * bsg_teardown_job - routine to teardown a bsg job
> >   * @job: bsg_job that is to be torn down
> >   */
> > -static void bsg_destroy_job(struct kref *kref)
> > +static void bsg_teardown_job(struct kref *kref)
> 
> Why this rename?  The destroy name seems to be one of the most
> common patterns for the kref_put callbacks.
>

Hmm, I did it mostly so it is symmetric with bsg_prepare_job() and it
doesn't really itself destroy the job-struct anymore. If there are other
thing amiss I can change that along with them, if it bothers poeple.


                                                    Beste Grüße / Best regards,
                                                      - Benjamin Block

> 
> Otherwise this looks fine:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> 

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