linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] xenbus: req->err should be updated before req->state

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Date:   Wed, 4 Mar 2020 13:50:51 +0000
From:   Julien Grall <julien@....org>
To:     Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, jgross@...e.com,
        sstabellini@...nel.org, joe.jin@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] xenbus: req->err should be updated before
 req->state

Hi,

On 03/03/2020 22:14, Dongli Zhang wrote:
> This patch adds the barrier to guarantee that req->err is always updated
> before req->state.
> 
> Otherwise, read_reply() would not return ERR_PTR(req->err) but
> req->body, when process_writes()->xb_write() is failed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@...zon.com>

Cheers,

---
Julien Grall