On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:43:47 +0200, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 04:13:34PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > ret = ring->add_request(ring, &seqno);
> > if (ret)
> > - return ret;
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + if (request == NULL) {
> > + request = kmalloc(sizeof(*request), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (request == NULL)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + }
>
> Hm, shouldn't we try to allocate the request struct before we emit the
> request? Otherwise looks good.
I considered the ordering immaterial so went with the cleanest error
path.
If the allocation fails after we add the breadcrumb, we will then reuse
the olr for further batches.... Oops.
I was wrong, it matters.
-Chris
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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
