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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Venkatraman S <svenkatr@ti.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, santoshsy@gmail.com,
	linkinjeon@gmail.com,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] scsi/ufs: Fix evaluation of task_failed status
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:56:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120418155643.5b6eff01.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1334734733-13640-1-git-send-email-svenkatr@ti.com>


Please cc James and linux-scsi on drivers/scsi patches?

On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:08:53 +0530
Venkatraman S <svenkatr@ti.com> wrote:

> Else FAILED would be set even if task_result was
> originally equal to UPIU_TASK_MANAGEMENT_FUNC_SUCCEEDED.

This changelog is inadequate.  It failed to describe the end-user
impact of the bug.  Without this information we cannot decide which
kernel version(s) should be patched.  Please always fully describe a
bug when fixing it.

> --- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
> @@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static int ufshcd_task_req_compl(struct ufs_hba *hba, u32 index)
>  		task_result = be32_to_cpu(task_rsp_upiup->header.dword_1);
>  		task_result = ((task_result & MASK_TASK_RESPONSE) >> 8);
>  
> -		if (task_result != UPIU_TASK_MANAGEMENT_FUNC_COMPL ||
> +		if (task_result != UPIU_TASK_MANAGEMENT_FUNC_COMPL &&
>  		    task_result != UPIU_TASK_MANAGEMENT_FUNC_SUCCEEDED)
>  			task_result = FAILED;
>  	} else {

And the title of the patch is poor.  There is no "task_failed" here. 
Something like "fix evaluation of task completion code" would be
better?

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Venkatraman S <svenkatr@ti.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <santoshsy@gmail.com>,
	<linkinjeon@gmail.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] scsi/ufs: Fix evaluation of task_failed status
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:56:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120418155643.5b6eff01.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1334734733-13640-1-git-send-email-svenkatr@ti.com>


Please cc James and linux-scsi on drivers/scsi patches?

On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:08:53 +0530
Venkatraman S <svenkatr@ti.com> wrote:

> Else FAILED would be set even if task_result was
> originally equal to UPIU_TASK_MANAGEMENT_FUNC_SUCCEEDED.

This changelog is inadequate.  It failed to describe the end-user
impact of the bug.  Without this information we cannot decide which
kernel version(s) should be patched.  Please always fully describe a
bug when fixing it.

> --- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
> @@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static int ufshcd_task_req_compl(struct ufs_hba *hba, u32 index)
>  		task_result = be32_to_cpu(task_rsp_upiup->header.dword_1);
>  		task_result = ((task_result & MASK_TASK_RESPONSE) >> 8);
>  
> -		if (task_result != UPIU_TASK_MANAGEMENT_FUNC_COMPL ||
> +		if (task_result != UPIU_TASK_MANAGEMENT_FUNC_COMPL &&
>  		    task_result != UPIU_TASK_MANAGEMENT_FUNC_SUCCEEDED)
>  			task_result = FAILED;
>  	} else {

And the title of the patch is poor.  There is no "task_failed" here. 
Something like "fix evaluation of task completion code" would be
better?

  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-18 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-18  7:38 [PATCH RESEND 2/2] scsi/ufs: Fix evaluation of task_failed status Venkatraman S
2012-04-18 22:56 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2012-04-18 22:56   ` Andrew Morton
2012-04-19  6:09   ` S, Venkatraman
2012-04-19  6:09     ` S, Venkatraman

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