Re: [PATCH][next] loop: Fix missing max_active argument in alloc_workqueue call

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On 19/03/2021 15:54, Dan Schatzberg wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 03:16:26PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The 3rd argument to alloc_workqueue should be the max_active count,
>> however currently it is the lo->lo_number that is intended for the
>> loop%d number. Fix this by adding in the missing max_active count.
>>
> 
> Thanks for catching this Colin. I'm fairly new to kernel development.
> Is there some tool I could have run locally to catch this?
> 
I'm using Coverity to find these issues. There is a free version [1],
but the one I use is licensed and has the scan level turned up quite
high to catch more issues than the free service.

Refs: [1] https://scan.coverity.com/projects/linux-next-weekly-scan

Colin




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