linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/12] swiotlb-xen: suppress certain init retries

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Date:   Wed, 8 Sep 2021 07:58:55 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
Cc:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] swiotlb-xen: suppress certain init retries

On Tue, Sep 07, 2021 at 02:05:54PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Only on the 2nd of the paths leading to xen_swiotlb_init()'s "error"
> label it is useful to retry the allocation; the first one did already
> iterate through all possible order values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>