From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: David Kozub <zub@linux.fjfi.cvut.cz>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Jonathan Derrick <jonathan.derrick@intel.com>,
Scott Bauer <sbauer@plzdonthack.me>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jonas Rabenstein <jonas.rabenstein@studium.uni-erlangen.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/16] block: sed-opal: pass steps via argument rather than via opal_dev
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 06:57:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190204145736.GL31132@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1549054223-12220-15-git-send-email-zub@linux.fjfi.cvut.cz>
On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 09:50:21PM +0100, David Kozub wrote:
> The steps argument is only read by the next function, so it can
> be passed directly as an argument rather than via opal_dev.
>
> Normally, the steps is an array on the stack, so the pointer stops
> being valid then the function that set opal_dev.steps returns.
> If opal_dev.steps was not set to NULL before return it would become
> a dangling pointer. When the steps are passed as argument this
> becomes easier to see and more difficult to misuse.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Kozub <zub@linux.fjfi.cvut.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Scott Bauer <sbauer@plzdonthack.me>
Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-04 14:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-01 20:50 [PATCH v4 00/16] block: sed-opal: support shadow MBR done flag and write David Kozub
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 01/16] block: sed-opal: fix typos and formatting David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-04 20:28 ` David Kozub
2019-02-08 22:56 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 02/16] block: sed-opal: use correct macro for method length David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-08 22:56 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 03/16] block: sed-opal: unify space check in add_token_* David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-04 21:07 ` David Kozub
2019-02-04 21:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-08 22:57 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 04/16] block: sed-opal: close parameter list in cmd_finalize David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-08 22:57 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 05/16] block: sed-opal: unify cmd start David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:45 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-08 22:57 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 06/16] block: sed-opal: unify error handling of responses David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:45 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 07/16] block: sed-opal: reuse response_get_token to decrease code duplication David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-08 22:57 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 08/16] block: sed-opal: print failed function address David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 09/16] block: sed-opal: split generation of bytestring header and content David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-08 22:58 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 10/16] block: sed-opal: add ioctl for done-mark of shadow mbr David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-07 22:56 ` David Kozub
2019-02-08 0:44 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-08 1:37 ` Scott Bauer
2019-02-10 18:26 ` Scott Bauer
2019-02-10 20:25 ` David Kozub
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 11/16] block: sed-opal: ioctl for writing to " David Kozub
2019-02-04 17:58 ` kbuild test robot
2019-02-08 22:58 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 12/16] block: sed-opal: unify retrieval of table columns David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-08 22:58 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 13/16] block: sed-opal: check size of shadow mbr David Kozub
2019-02-08 22:58 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-10 20:05 ` David Kozub
2019-02-11 21:27 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 14/16] block: sed-opal: pass steps via argument rather than via opal_dev David Kozub
2019-02-04 14:57 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 15/16] block: sed-opal: don't repeat opal_discovery0 in each steps array David Kozub
2019-02-04 15:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-04 22:44 ` David Kozub
2019-02-08 22:59 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-10 17:46 ` David Kozub
2019-02-11 17:22 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-01 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 16/16] block: sed-opal: rename next to execute_steps David Kozub
2019-02-04 15:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-08 22:59 ` Derrick, Jonathan
2019-02-04 8:55 ` David Kozub
2019-02-04 9:44 ` [PATCH v4 00/16] block: sed-opal: support shadow MBR done flag and write David Kozub
2019-02-04 15:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-04 15:36 ` Scott Bauer
2019-02-04 15:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-02-04 23:06 ` David Kozub
2019-02-05 6:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
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