linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] xen: add error handling for xenbus

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Date:   Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:54:12 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
Cc:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xen: add error handling for xenbus_printf

On 06/14/2018 07:34 PM, Zhouyang Jia wrote:
> When xenbus_printf fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
>
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling xenbus_printf.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>

(I wasn't asking you to use xenbus_dev_error() for this patch. Only for
the other two patches --- for scsi front and back).