Re: [PATCH 1/1] xen-netfront: update num_queues to real created

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On 10/16/2015 06:56 AM, Wei Liu wrote:
CC David and Boris (Konrad was already a recipient).

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:34:15AM +0800, Joe Jin wrote:
Sometimes xennet_create_queues() may failed to created all requested
queues, we need to update num_queues to real created to avoid NULL
pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |    9 ++++++---
  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index f821a97..d580aec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ static int xennet_create_queues(struct netfront_info *info,
  		dev_err(&info->netdev->dev, "no queues\n");
  		return -EINVAL;
  	}
-	return 0;
+	return num_queues;
  }
/* Common code used when first setting up, and when resuming. */
@@ -1788,9 +1788,12 @@ static int talk_to_netback(struct xenbus_device *dev,
  	if (info->queues)
  		xennet_destroy_queues(info);
- err = xennet_create_queues(info, num_queues);
-	if (err < 0)
+	/* Update queues number to real created */
+	num_queues = xennet_create_queues(info, num_queues);

I think it would be more natural to have

                    err = xennet_create_queues(info, &num_queues);

-boris

+	if (num_queues < 0) {
+		err = num_queues;
  		goto destroy_ring;
+	}
/* Create shared ring, alloc event channel -- for each queue */
  	for (i = 0; i < num_queues; ++i) {
--
1.7.1

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