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From: Chaitanya Kulkarni <Chaitanya.Kulkarni@wdc.com>
To: "André Almeida" <andrealmeid@collabora.com>,
	"Matthew Wilcox" <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	"corbet@lwn.net" <corbet@lwn.net>,
	"axboe@kernel.dk" <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"m@bjorling.me" <m@bjorling.me>,
	"kernel@collabora.com" <kernel@collabora.com>,
	"krisman@collabora.com" <krisman@collabora.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] null_blk: validated the number of devices
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:20:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DM6PR04MB5754177B405819C802549AE686B00@DM6PR04MB5754.namprd04.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dbdb0415-8762-f9c1-a65a-3531d9cca109@collabora.com

On 09/12/2019 03:09 PM, André Almeida wrote:
> Hello Matthew,
>
> On 9/12/19 1:19 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 11:46:36AM -0300, André Almeida wrote:
>>>
>>> -static int nr_devices = 1;
>>> +static unsigned int nr_devices = 1;
>>>   module_param(nr_devices, int, 0444);
>>
>> ^^^ you forgot to change the module_param to match
>>
>>> +	if (!nr_devices) {
>>> +		pr_err("null_blk: invalid number of devices\n");
>>> +		return -EINVAL;
>>> +	}
>>
>> I don't think this is necessary.
>>
>
> Could you explain why you don't think is necessary? As I see, the module
> can't be used without any /dev/nullb* device, so why we should load it?
>
> Thanks,
> 	André
>

I think Matthew is right here. I think module can be loaded with 
nr_devices=0.

Did you get a chance to test nr_device=0 condition ?

Also, did you get a chance to test this patch with all the
possible conditions ?





  reply	other threads:[~2019-09-12 22:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-11 14:46 [PATCH 1/3] docs: block: null_blk: enhance document style André Almeida
2019-09-11 14:46 ` [PATCH 2/3] null_blk: fix module name at log message André Almeida
2019-09-12 15:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2019-09-12 20:47     ` Jens Axboe
2019-09-12 22:08       ` André Almeida
2019-09-11 14:46 ` [PATCH 3/3] null_blk: validated the number of devices André Almeida
2019-09-12 16:19   ` Matthew Wilcox
2019-09-12 22:07     ` André Almeida
2019-09-12 22:20       ` Chaitanya Kulkarni [this message]
2019-09-13 14:57         ` André Almeida
2019-09-13 15:12           ` Matthew Wilcox
2019-09-13 15:39             ` André Almeida
2019-09-13 16:23             ` Jens Axboe
2019-09-13 16:27               ` Chaitanya Kulkarni
2019-09-13 16:48                 ` Jens Axboe
2019-09-11 22:05 ` [PATCH 1/3] docs: block: null_blk: enhance document style Jens Axboe
2019-09-11 22:26   ` André Almeida

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