linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] ufs:mcq:Fixing Error Output for ufshcd_try_to_abort_task in ufshcd_mcq

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Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 09:18:40 +0900
From: Chanwoo Lee <cw9316.lee@...sung.com>
To: cw9316.lee@...sung.com
Cc: James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, alim.akhtar@...sung.com,
	avri.altman@....com, bvanassche@....org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
	powen.kao@...iatek.com, quic_cang@...cinc.com, quic_nguyenb@...cinc.com,
	stanley.chu@...iatek.com, yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com
Subject: RE: [PATCH] ufs:mcq:Fixing Error Output for
 ufshcd_try_to_abort_task in ufshcd_mcq_abort

On 5/24/24 12:08, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>On 5/23/24 16:56, Chanwoo Lee wrote:
>> I thought this patch would be appropriate to "fix" the following log.
>>    * dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: device abort failed %d\n", __func__, err);
>> If "Fixing" is not appropriate, could you suggest another word?
>
>That's something I had not noticed. This is indeed a bug fix. Please add
>a "Fixes:" tag as is expected for bug fixes.
>
>BTW, I think that ufshcd_mcq_abort() can be improved significantly. How
>about reworking that function as follows before the bug reported in this
>patch is fixed?
>- Remove the local variable 'err' (and reintroduce that variable in your
>patch).
>- Change all 'goto out' statements into 'return FAILED'.
>- Add 'return SUCCESS' at the end.
>
>I expect that this change will make that function easier to read and to
>maintain.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bart.

Thank you for the good suggestion.
I will create a new patch and reply with v2.

Thanks,

Chanwoo Lee.