Re: [PATCH] cifs: WARN_ON_ONCE if kernel_sendmsg() returns -ENOSPC

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On Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:27:12 +0530
Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> kernel_sendmsg() is less likely to return -ENOSPC and it might be
> a bug to do so. However, in the past there might have been cases
> where a -ENOSPC was returned from a low level driver.
> 
> Add a WARN_ON_ONCE() to ensure that it is safe to assume that -ENOSPC
> is no longer returned. This -ENOSPC specific handling will be removed
> once we are sure it is no longer returned.
> 
> 
> Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  fs/cifs/transport.c |    6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
> index d9b639b..c613fca 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
> @@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ smb_sendv(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct kvec *iov, int n_vec)
>  		rc = kernel_sendmsg(ssocket, &smb_msg, &iov[first_vec],
>  				    n_vec - first_vec, total_len);
>  		if ((rc == -ENOSPC) || (rc == -EAGAIN)) {
> +			/*
> +			 * Catch if a low level driver returns -ENOSPC. This
> +			 * WARN_ON will be removed by 3.10 if no one reports
> +			 * seeing this.
> +			 */
> +			WARN_ON_ONCE(rc == -ENOSPC);
>  			i++;
>  			/*
>  			 * If blocking send we try 3 times, since each can block
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LGTM

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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