linux-kernel - Antw: [PATCH v2] scsi: avoid potential deadloop in iscsi_if

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Date:   Wed, 30 Oct 2019 09:16:33 +0100
From:   "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@...uni-regensburg.de>
To:     "open-iscsi" <open-iscsi@...glegroups.com>, <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, "Chris Leech" <cleech@...hat.com>,
        "Lee Duncan" <lduncan@...e.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     <liuzhiqiang26@...wei.com>, <mingfangsen@...wei.com>
Subject: Antw: [PATCH v2] scsi: avoid potential deadloop in iscsi_if_rx
 func

>>> "wubo (T)" <wubo40@...wei.com> schrieb am 30.10.2019 um 08:56 in Nachricht
<EDBAAA0BBBA2AC4E9C8B6B81DEEE1D6915DFA0FE@...eml505-mbs.china.huawei.com>:
> From: Bo Wu <wubo40@...wei.com>

...
> +			if (--retries < 0) {
> +				printk(KERN_ERR "Send reply failed too many times. "
> +				       "Max supported retries %u\n", ISCSI_SEND_MAX_ALLOWED);

Just for "personal taste": Why not simplify the message to:?
+				printk(KERN_ERR "Send reply failed too many times (%u)\n",
                               ISCSI_SEND_MAX_ALLOWED);

> +				break;
> +			}
> +

Maybe place the number after "many" as an alternative. I think as the message is expected to be rare, a short variant is justified.
Also one could discuss wether the problem that originates "from external" should be KERN_ERR, or maybe just a warning, because the kernel itself can do little against that problem, and it's not a "kernel error" after all ;-)

Regards,
Ulrich