Re: [PATCH 2/2] vhost/scsi: Delete error messages for failed memory allocations in five functions

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>> Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf
> 
> Please include an actual explanation for this change instead of linking
> to slides.

Do you care for a bit of code size reduction by removal of questionable
error messages?


> Why are you trying to get rid of memory allocation failure messages?

Do you find information from a Linux allocation failure report sufficient
for any function implementations here?


>> +++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
>> @@ -417,5 +417,4 @@ vhost_scsi_allocate_evt(struct vhost_scsi *vs,
>>  	if (!evt) {
>> -		vq_err(vq, "Failed to allocate vhost_scsi_evt\n");
> 
> #define vq_err(vq, fmt, ...) do {                                  \
>                 pr_debug(pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__);       \
>                 if ((vq)->error_ctx)                               \
>                                 eventfd_signal((vq)->error_ctx, 1);\
>         } while (0)
> 
> You silently dropped the eventfd_signal() call.

Do you prefer to preserve this special error handling then?

Regards,
Markus
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