Re: IB/core: Fine-tuning for ib_is_udata_cleared()

From: Yann Droneaud
Date: Mon Aug 22 2016 - 05:47:11 EST


Hi,

Le dimanche 21 aoÃt 2016 Ã 22:15 +0200, SF Markus Elfring a ÃcritÂ:
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Don't introduce a defect in patch 1 and correct
> > > > that introduced defect in patch 2.
> > > Which detail do you not like here?
> >
> > See above.
>
> This feedback is not clearer.
>

It's clear enough: your second patch fixes an issue you introduced in
your first patch by removing the code which made use of the ret
initialization value:

-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂif (copy_from_user(buf, p, len))
-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂgoto free;

> I find that the two update steps should work in principle,
> shouldn't they?
>

It would be better to squash them here.

Regards.

--Â
Yann Droneaud
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