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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/2] libsas: Don't process sas events in static works
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>>  static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)
>> {
>> + struct sas_ha_event *ev;
>> +
>> BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);
>>
>> - sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,
>> - &sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);
>> + ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);
>> + if (!ev)
>> + return;
> GFP_ATOMIC allocations can fail and then no events will be queued *and* we
> don't report the error back to the caller.
>

Yes, it's really a problem, but I don't find a better solution, do you have some suggestion ?

>
>
>> index 64e9cdd..c227a8b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
>> @@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ void sas_hash_addr(u8 *hashed, const u8 *sas_addr)
>>
>> void sas_hae_reset(struct work_struct *work)
>> {
>> - struct sas_ha_event *ev = to_sas_ha_event(work);
>> - struct sas_ha_struct *ha = ev->ha;
>> -
>> - clear_bit(HAE_RESET, &ha->pending);
>> }
>
> I don't really get why you need a stubbed out sas_hae_reset(). Can't we
> just kill it if it doesn't have anything left to do?

I have no idea about this function history, I agree clean it out.

>
>

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