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SubjectRe: [PATCH] vfio: Fix handling of error returned by 'vfio_group_get_from_dev()'
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On 12/1/2016 12:09 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 21:27:07 +0300
> Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 09:36:46AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:06:12 +0100
>>> Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 'vfio_group_get_from_dev()' seems to return only NULL on error, not an error
>>>> pointer.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 2169037dc322 ("vfio iommu: Added pin and unpin callback functions to vfio_iommu_driver_ops")
>>>> Fixes: c086de818dd8 ("vfio iommu: Add blocking notifier to notify DMA_UNMAP")
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> Dan Carpenter proposed a nearly identical patch:
>>>
>>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg141468.html
>>>
>>> The difference is you return -ENODEV while Dan returns -EINVAL. I tend
>>> to prefer -ENODEV to distinguish this error case versus validation of
>>> the other parameters. This patch also identifies both commits
>>> introducing these, so I'm inclined to take this one rather than Dan's
>>> version.

Agree with you Alex. This version looks better.

Thanks,
Kirti


>>> Dan & Kirti, I welcome any credits you'd like to apply to
>>> this patch for identifying and reviewing the same issue. Thanks,
>>>
>>
>> Could I get a Reported-by?
>
> Sure thing, thanks,
>
> Alex
>

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