On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 18:31 +0000, Simmons, James A. wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 05:39:36AM +0000, Dilger, Andreas wrote: > > > On 2016/03/22, 19:49, "lustre-devel on behalf of Greg Kroah-Hartman" > > > <lustre-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of > > > gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 06:21:04PM -0400, James Simmons wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Latest testing fails when using ko2iblnd. It was tracked down > > > > > to commit 4671a026616df26000f7d8ad2f2ea4b6de79263c. > > > > > > > > > > This reverts commit 4671a026616df26000f7d8ad2f2ea4b6de79263c. [] > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c [] > > > > > @@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ static int kiblnd_net_init_pools(kib_net_t *net, > > > > > __u32 *cpts, int ncpts) > > > > > */ > > > > > > > > > > net->ibn_fmr_ps = cfs_percpt_alloc(lnet_cpt_table(), > > > > > - sizeof(*net->ibn_fmr_ps)); > > > > > + sizeof(kib_fmr_poolset_t)); > > > > Ok, why is this revert needed? Please give me a big huge comment about > > > > why this is not the same size of the variable being assigned to it, > > > > otherwise someone else is going to come along and make the exact same > > > > change again. [] > > > Looks like the declarations are: > > > > > > kib_tx_poolset_t **ibn_tx_ps; /* tx pool-set */ > > > kib_fmr_poolset_t **ibn_fmr_ps; /* fmr pool-set */ [] > > > so the right code should be: > > > > > > sizeof(**net->ibn_tx_ps); > > > and the same for sizeof(**net->ibn_fmr_ps) > > That's a mess, isn't there some other way to fix this up to be more > > "obvious"? > This must have been encountered in the past. How was it handle in those > other cases? I fail to see why it's a mess. It's just ** and someone making a mistake. Removing the "typedef struct" uses from lustre would probably make a lot of this clearer though. $ git grep -En "typedef\s+struct" drivers/staging/lustre/ drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_workitem.h:76:typedef struct cfs_workitem { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:56:typedef struct lnet_msg { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:110:typedef struct lnet_libhandle { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:118:typedef struct lnet_eq { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:129:typedef struct lnet_me { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:141:typedef struct lnet_libmd { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:166:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:181:typedef struct lnet_lnd { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:256:typedef struct lnet_ni { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:297:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:305:typedef struct lnet_peer { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:369:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:384:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:396:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:410:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:497:typedef struct lnet_portal { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-types.h:545:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:71:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:78:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:88:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:93:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:101:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:108:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:115:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:127:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:140:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:242:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:254:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:265:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:275:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:296:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:302:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:313:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:325:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:337:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:344:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:357:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:363:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:369:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:379:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:389:typedef struct { drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lnetst.h:402:typedef struct { _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel