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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/xen-scsiback: Need go to fail after xenbus_dev_error()



On 09/26/2014 06:38 PM, Chen Gang wrote:
When failure occurs, after xenbus_dev_error(), need go to fail to let
upper caller know about it.

Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c | 4 +++-
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c b/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
index 847bc9c..3e430e1 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
@@ -1222,8 +1222,10 @@ static int scsiback_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,

        err = xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "feature-sg-grant", "%u",
                            SG_ALL);
-       if (err)
+       if (err) {
                xenbus_dev_error(dev, err, "writing feature-sg-grant");
+               goto fail;
+       }

        xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateInitWait);
        return 0;


Hmm, not testing for failure was on purpose. Advertising this feature
is just for tuning purposes, not mandatory.

OTOH it would really be a strange error if this xenbus_printf() fails
but all other operations are working, and signaling an error at the
time when it first shows up is a good thing. So:

Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

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