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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:12:11 -0600
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch] blk-mq: zero out ctx_map during initialization
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On Mon, Oct 21 2013, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> ctx_map may contain random garbage, leading to (potentially chronic but
> harmless) false positives in blk_mq_hctx_has_pending.
> 
> Note: I have not observed this in practice, just by code inspection.

It's the prudent thing to do in any case. Applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe