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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:21:01 +0000
From: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@...gle.com>
To: Niklas Cassel <cassel@...nel.org>
Cc: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] ata: libata: Remove redundant sense_buffer memsets
On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 01:51:26PM +0200, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 07:58:56PM +0000, Igor Pylypiv wrote:
> >
> > I think we should explicitly memset buffers before passing them to
> > atapi_eh_request_sense() in atapi_eh_clear_ua() and zpready() so that
> > atapi_eh_request_sense() can have the same behavior as ata_eh_request_sense()
> > with regards to sense buffer expectations i.e. both functions will expect
> > buffers that are already memeset to zero.
>
> Well, you could argue that:
> static bool ata_eh_request_sense(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
> doesn't take a sense_buffer, but:
>
> unsigned int atapi_eh_request_sense(struct ata_device *dev,
> u8 *sense_buf, u8 dfl_sense_key)
>
> does, so it makes sense for atapi_eh_request_sense() to memset() the buffer.
>
>
> > I think that it is still benefitial to remove the redundant memset() from
> > the ata_eh_analyze_tf() -> atapi_eh_request_sense() path?
>
> atapi_eh_request_sense() should only be called when ATA_SENSE bit is set,
> so this is only called in special circumstances, so it is not like the
> memset() is in the hot path.
>
> If you ask me, I think that the current code is fine.
>
I didn't think about the "takes a sense_buffer as an argument" vs "doesn't take
a sense_buffer as an argument" aspect. Yeah, keeping memset() makes sense in
this case. I'll drop the memset removal from atapi_eh_request_sense() in v2.
Thank you!
Igor
>
> Kind regards,
> Niklas
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