linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] nvme-multipath: Early exit if no path is available

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:34:37 +0100
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] nvme-multipath: Early exit if no path is available

On 1/27/21 11:30 AM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> nvme_round_robin_path() should test if the return ns pointer is
> valid. nvme_next_ns() will return a NULL pointer if there is no path
> left.
> 
> Fixes: 75c10e732724 ("nvme-multipath: round-robin I/O policy")
> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
> ---
> v2:
>    - moved NULL test into the if conditional statement
>    - added Fixes tag
> 
>   drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> index 9ac762b28811..282b7a4ea9a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_round_robin_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head,
>   	}
>   
>   	for (ns = nvme_next_ns(head, old);
> -	     ns != old;
> +	     ns && ns != old;
>   	     ns = nvme_next_ns(head, ns)) {
>   		if (nvme_path_is_disabled(ns))
>   			continue;
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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